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Manchester Children Talking About Evacuation ..
I listened to this this morning. Manchester accents, but they sound so strange. Very sweet naive account of their thoughts on where they were evacuated! http://
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Good memories. We lived in a farm cottage and as I said we all went to the same school. The war was going on but to us small kids it could have been a million miles away. We only had one bomb drop on Bacup and fortunately it didn't explode !!! I did have a copy of the school register at the time the evacuees were staying in the area . The towns they came from and how long they stayed in the North .I think our two children came from Shoreditch. The only difference was their accent which took a lot of getting used to. My mum used to send postcards from Elsie and Billy to their mum and dad. We made sure they had a good time and kept in touch with the family for a long time afterwards.
andres the first link is about a bomb going off and the damage done, the second one is this one with pictures
Friday afternoon September 1st 1939 saw the first train load of Evacuees from Manchester arrive in Bacup with a second train arriving in the evening. All in all 2,400 children had been expected to arrive with more children due to arrive the following day Saturday 2nd September. The first train load of children and teachers arrived in Bacup station at around 4.10, each child labelled with a card and carrying an array of bags, boxes, suitcases. Three double Decker buses as well as other coaches were waiting to take the children to their de- transportation points which were situated at schools and Sunday schools throughout Bacup and Stacksteads these included ;Sharneyford, Britannia, Central, St Johns, Western, and Acre Mill with a further centre at the British Legion Club.Six months prior to the evacuees arrival a billeting survey had been taken in order to ascertain who would be able to offer accommodation to the children some mothers and teachers who had accompanied them.Billeting officers had been given powers under the defence regulations to exercise compulsory billeting were needed householders had no choice in the case of compulsory billeting and had to accept the evacuees children in to their homes. They could however appeal against the decision and so in each town including Bacup and Stacksteads appeal boards chosen by the Mayor were set up for such cases. Children who were ready to go to their billets were given a carrier bag which contained; A tin of Bully Beef, a tin of Sweet Milk, a tine of Unsweetened Milk, 1lb of Biscuits and 2 bars of Plain Chocolate. Before the month of September was over it is estimated that over a quarter of the population had changed their addresses.This included 825,00 schoolchildren, 624,00 Mothers with children under school age,13,00 Expectant Mothers, 7,000 Blind people and 113,00 Teachers.Bacup and Rawtenstall received between 2,000 and 3000 evacuees from Salford and Manchester during the later months of 1939.
Friday afternoon September 1st 1939 saw the first train load of Evacuees from Manchester arrive in Bacup with a second train arriving in the evening. All in all 2,400 children had been expected to arrive with more children due to arrive the following day Saturday 2nd September. The first train load of children and teachers arrived in Bacup station at around 4.10, each child labelled with a card and carrying an array of bags, boxes, suitcases. Three double Decker buses as well as other coaches were waiting to take the children to their de- transportation points which were situated at schools and Sunday schools throughout Bacup and Stacksteads these included ;Sharneyford, Britannia, Central, St Johns, Western, and Acre Mill with a further centre at the British Legion Club.Six months prior to the evacuees arrival a billeting survey had been taken in order to ascertain who would be able to offer accommodation to the children some mothers and teachers who had accompanied them.Billeting officers had been given powers under the defence regulations to exercise compulsory billeting were needed householders had no choice in the case of compulsory billeting and had to accept the evacuees children in to their homes. They could however appeal against the decision and so in each town including Bacup and Stacksteads appeal boards chosen by the Mayor were set up for such cases. Children who were ready to go to their billets were given a carrier bag which contained; A tin of Bully Beef, a tin of Sweet Milk, a tine of Unsweetened Milk, 1lb of Biscuits and 2 bars of Plain Chocolate. Before the month of September was over it is estimated that over a quarter of the population had changed their addresses.This included 825,00 schoolchildren, 624,00 Mothers with children under school age,13,00 Expectant Mothers, 7,000 Blind people and 113,00 Teachers.Bacup and Rawtenstall received between 2,000 and 3000 evacuees from Salford and Manchester during the later months of 1939.
I am back in circulation and. have read your post with interest. Dr F. 1939 was a bit earlier than our children from London. It would have been about 1942/43 when they arrived.I don't know just where the school register is at the moment. I was amazed at the numbers from Manchester though. Bacup is only a small town and why they were moved such a short distance I don't know. We are only a few miles from Manchester.The 83 years old lady who had been an evacuee must have lived about 500 yards away from me at High Meadows a big house just down the lane.
The estate where the bomb landed ----Shows the houses adjoining my Auntie Doris' House. !!I never realised how close it was to them .
The estate where the bomb landed ----Shows the houses adjoining my Auntie Doris' House. !!I never realised how close it was to them .
you can still see the scars from when they dropped the bombs on manchester city centre if you visit rusholme near the old city ground
the plane missed the city centre and dropped them over rusholme killing a lady on rawcliffe street
the lady was in the air raid shelter and one of the bombs hit the edge of the shelter and moverd the thick concrete roof a few inches her body had no marks it was the shock blast that killed her
the plane missed the city centre and dropped them over rusholme killing a lady on rawcliffe street
the lady was in the air raid shelter and one of the bombs hit the edge of the shelter and moverd the thick concrete roof a few inches her body had no marks it was the shock blast that killed her
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