It shows you were a hit!!!! Audrey NZ I was voluntarily evacuated to Southport with my mother in WW2, the school Waterloo Primary was evacuated to Wales. -- > From: Marged <marged36@btopenworld.com> > Reply-To: eng-merseyside@rootsweb.com > Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:23:34 +0100 > To: MERSEYSIDE <ENG-MERSEYSIDE-L@rootsweb.com>, SOUTHPORT > <ENG-LAN-SOUTHPORT@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [ENG-MERSEYSIDE] Visiting St Patrick's SOUTHPORT > > We have just been to St Patrick's school to talk to the 6/7 year olds about > "What it was like to be a child during WW2" > > We don't so much give a talk - the children have been doing their work at > school, and they are ready with questions. Some of the questions are very > informed, but some of them tend towards "What was your favourite toy?" sort > of thing. > > It's surprising how emotional some of the questions make me feel and I have > to gather myself before I can answer - such as "Did you know anyone who was > killed during the war?" or "Was your daddy at the D-Day Landings?" > > At the end of the session, we all sang "We're going to hang out the washing > on the Siegfried line", and a little girl brought me a bouquet, then to my > amazement, all the children came forward of their own accord to give us both > hugs and kisses! > > > nARGED > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-MERSEYSIDE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Audrey, the children were VERY interested in the evacuation - just couldn't imagine how they would feel if it had happened to them! Marj It shows you were a hit!!!! Audrey NZ I was voluntarily evacuated to Southport with my mother in WW2, the school Waterloo Primary was evacuated to Wales. --