https://padlet.com/yggctn_itco/gp1pp7buf2g3 en-us 2017-11-09 09:57:40 UTC 2026-01-27 23:39:48 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/yggctn_itco/gp1pp7buf2g3/wish/205192590 Some stayed with harsh , disrespectful and ungrateful adults who only wanted them as slaves.
Some children were sent back to the Billeting Officer for being scruffy, having headlice  or wetting the bed.
Some families had evacuees who they cared for and loved.
Evacuees went to country areas where no bombs fell.
Some stayed in small towns,villages and farmhouses.
Most evacuees went to Lancashire , Sussex and Yorkshire.
Some even ended up going abroad.

]]> 2017-11-09 10:15:51 UTC https://padlet.com/yggctn_itco/gp1pp7buf2g3/wish/205192590 https://padlet.com/yggctn_itco/gp1pp7buf2g3/wish/205193962 2 or 3 children slept in 1 bed and others underneath the bed if no room.
Many evacuees were billeted in cottages with no electricity only oil lamps .
Others found themselves in larger houses with hot running water but feared  they'd  drown.
Many had never seen a cow or a sheep, and did not realise were milk, eggs or butter came from.
The children sent regular postcards home, they wrote about the house, their bedroom and the family they lived with.

]]> 2017-11-09 10:20:41 UTC https://padlet.com/yggctn_itco/gp1pp7buf2g3/wish/205193962 https://padlet.com/yggctn_itco/gp1pp7buf2g3/wish/205199116 The women's voluntary service would organise the forthcoming  evacuation.
Mothers and their young children waited at Victoria station to be evacuated out of the city.
210,000 children were evacuated by the beginning of August.
Some children who stayed behind in London during the Blitz were made just homeless when their houses were bombed.
They evacuated women, children and ill people. 
Everyone,including women and children,were issued with gas masked in case gas -filed bombs were dropped during the war.
Every household received a leaflet entitled evacuation-why and how?, explaining how evacuation would work.
Everyone including women and children, were issued with gas-masks.



]]> 2017-11-09 10:39:09 UTC https://padlet.com/yggctn_itco/gp1pp7buf2g3/wish/205199116 https://padlet.com/yggctn_itco/gp1pp7buf2g3/wish/205632819 Some children had their heads shaved if they had headlice.
People would get money for looking after a child.
Clean and pretty girls are likely to be chosen quickly.
Older boys are also chosen first because they can work on the farms.
Brothers and sisters are often separated because many families only have room from one child.
When they arrived they were tired, hungry and scared.
They all stood against a wall while grown -ups stare at them.]]> 2017-11-10 10:38:37 UTC https://padlet.com/yggctn_itco/gp1pp7buf2g3/wish/205632819 https://padlet.com/yggctn_itco/gp1pp7buf2g3/wish/206639283 Most children were sent into the countryside for safety , often to live with complete strangers.
They included babies,toddlers and school added children.
For some children evacuation was a great adventure but for others it was bewildering.
They wore name labels, carried a bag , gas mask and often a favourite toy.]]> 2017-11-14 10:34:17 UTC https://padlet.com/yggctn_itco/gp1pp7buf2g3/wish/206639283