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Cyril Sergeant: in 1939, at the age of 14, I was told I might be evacuated if my parents wanted me to. They decided it would be the best for my own safety. I lived in Wood green in north London.
We were evacuated to Whittlesea in Cambridgeshire. We were all assembled at the primary school. All of our cases were labeled and we were all labeled with identity tags around our necks. From the primary school we were taken to the train station. From north London we were taken to Whittlesea in Cambridgeshire. When we arrived there was a lady waiting. She took us through Whittlesea and was knocking on the doors. She would say, "how many do you want?" ; they would then choose.
Most of the 25 children had gone. All that were left was myself and one other boy. The lady said, "I know where I will take you", then we walked up to a big house and we walked around the back into a large kitchen. There were two maids around the age of 18 years. We soon found out this house was owned by Mr. and Mrs. Thory: they owned a large company, which produced potatoes. We never met the family although we were all living under the same roof. The maids looked after us. Although bombs were expected at Wood Green, nothing actually happened. After 6 weeks our parents ordered us home. I soon arrived back home with my family.
I then went to a factory working on aircraft parts to help the war effort until I was called up and again did my bit towards winning the war.

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