- Contributed by听
- ambervalley
- People in story:听
- Jessie Burgoyne (nee Carrington)
- Location of story:听
- Holbrook, Derbyshire
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A2808209
- Contributed on:听
- 05 July 2004
As a young woman in Holbrook I can remember there being quite a lot of soldiers in the village. They took over the village hall, the chapel schoolroom and the convalescent home. Occasionally one or two would come to our house for a meal. We kept in contact with one of them - George Thompson - until he died a few years ago.
There were also some evacuees in the village. They came from Southend and the surrounding area...My aunty had the supervisor - Mrs Crow - and her two sons staying with her. After the war we kept in touch and had some holidays in Southend!
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