During WW2, I lived in Belton some 3 miles inland from Gt Yarmouth. Children from Gt Y were evacuated to Retford. Belton received evacuees from Dagenham, early in the war, and from West Ham during the V1 offensive. Did the authorities select such a system to prevent early and easy return to the danger areas? David On 5/18/2016 4:09 AM, Dave Hamilton via wrote: > Hello, > The idea of the evacuations was to protect the future generations. > It was not compulsory. > My mother & I were evacuated to Staplehurst in Kent in 1940. > We were moved again when a few doodlebugs came down around the house. > The last one took of part of the roof, blew in all the front windows and the front door. > Finally getting back to London in early 1946. > However a woman with her children who were placed in the same > house as us returned to London after about a year. > bye > DaveH > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

I once worked with someone who had been evacuated from Yarmouth to Retford and who could not see the logic behind it. My parents' memories of evacuees would seem to agree with David's opinion about returning to danger areas-apparently mothers who were evacuated with children to their villages often returned alone to London . But my father thought evacuating children to a distance prevented interference by parents in the process and made those who were allocated evacuees more accepting of them. I suppose the policies and decision making are still secret. Rosie On 18/05/2016 13:30, DavidTennant via wrote: > During WW2, I lived in Belton some 3 miles inland from Gt Yarmouth. > Children from Gt Y were evacuated to Retford. Belton received evacuees > from Dagenham, early in the war, and from West Ham during the V1 > offensive. Did the authorities select such a system to prevent early > and easy return to the danger areas? > David > > On 5/18/2016 4:09 AM, Dave Hamilton via wrote: >> Hello, >> The idea of the evacuations was to protect the future generations. >> It was not compulsory. >> My mother & I were evacuated to Staplehurst in Kent in 1940. >> We were moved again when a few doodlebugs came down around the house. >> The last one took of part of the roof, blew in all the front windows and the front door. >> Finally getting back to London in early 1946. >> However a woman with her children who were placed in the same >> house as us returned to London after about a year. >> bye >> DaveH >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message