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I believe, when war was declared in 1939, in Grimsby strong advice was given for women and children to evacuate. This resulted in mydself, my mother and my baby brother finding ourselves on a farm near Wingfield in Derbishire. The conditions there were very primative. There were no mains water, electricity or inside toilet. I remember that upon arrival we had to manipulate my brother in a large pram over three fields and a stream, which separated the main road from the farmhouse. My mother could not stand the conditions and soon, she and my brother returned to Grimsby. I was left with my Grandparents for about a year in Lincoln and started my education there at St. Botolph's Church School.
Back to Grimsby.
I can't re
member precise dates but in late 1940 I returned to our house in Compton Drive, Grimsby. The beaches at Cleethorpes were out of bounds. They were mined as a precaution against an expected invasion of German troops. I continued my schooling at South Parade Junior School. The headmaster was Edgar Smith and my class teacher was Miss Kemp. My best friend there was Harry Hammond, who lived in St Anne's Avenue off Littlefield Lane.
At some point in the war the school was bombed and I would be really interested to find out when. I remember going to the site the morning after the raid and seeing the debris. We children were very excited, thinking the consquence would be a very long holiday. This was not to be and displaced pupils were soon found other schools to attend. In my case, with my brother, I was soon dispatched by my parents to live with my Grandparents at Immingham. They had recently moved from Lincoln and lived on Lindum Avenue. My experience at St. Andrew's school in Immingham was not a particularly happy one but that is another story to be continued later.
David Peers.

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