- Contributed by听
- Elizabeth Lister
- People in story:听
- Jack McFarlane
- Location of story:听
- West Byfleet, Surrey.
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A5170303
- Contributed on:听
- 18 August 2005
This story was submitted to the website by Graham Black at Newbury Library on behalf of Jack McFarlane, who has given his permission for his story to go on the website.
I was an evacuee and remember the day war broke out on September 3rd 1939. We were taken down to West Byfleet in Surrey and we were going to a lady who was expecting two boys. I turned up with my two brothers and remember the bus journey on the way down. I was given a bag which was full of biscuits and a large bar of chocolate as a ration to keep you going for the journey. I was lucky I somehow got two bars of chocolate which was a good start. I came back when the bombing had stopped only for it to start again so my brother Pete was sent to our Aunts in Widdington which is a tiny village in Essex.
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