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The true story of the millions of people, mostly unaccompanied children, evacuated during the Second World War.

A collection of unpublished stories and accompanying photographs all donated to the author by evacuees or their families. Published to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the evacuation of over 1 million British children on the outbreak of the Second World War.

In June 1940, 17,000 people fled Guernsey to England, including 5,000 school children with their teachers and 500 mothers as 'helpers'. Most evacuees were transported to smoky industrial towns in Northern England - an environment so very different to their rural island.