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大象传媒 Radio Norfolk Action Desk
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Mrs Eileen de Lara
Location of story:听
Nottinghill Gate, London
Background to story:听
Civilian
Article ID:听
A4111002
Contributed on:听
24 May 2005

This contribution to People鈥檚 War was received by the Action Desk at 大象传媒 Radio Norfolk and submitted to the website with the permission and on behalf of Mrs de Lara.
鈥淚 was born and brought up in Nottinghill Gate, London and was evacuated at the age of four to Wiltshire, (Trowbridge). The problem was adapting when I came home at the age of ten. My evacuee family were strict chapel; chapel twice a day on Sunday, prayer meetings on a Tuesday and each night a bible reading. When I finally went home to my real parents I couldn鈥檛 believe that I belonged to them because they had two rooms in a basement and my father was an alcoholic. The culture change was drastic and there was no counselling in those days.鈥

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Message 1 - Evacuees in Trowbridge

Posted on: 10 June 2005 by Stanley Jones

Very interested to read your account of memories in Trowbridge. You might also be interested in one or two of my memories during the same years - especially regarding evacuees in Trowbridge and Church life. I always like to give a 'reply' message where there are similar memories - after all this is what the website is all about and I know the Researchers encourage this. Best wishes.

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