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I was evacuated from central London on 1st September 1939.

We all assembled at my brother’s school at Kennington Oval, and travelled by tram to Clapham Junction, and then by train to Earley, near Reading.

We were then taken to the local cricket ground pavilion, and given a week’s food ration in a paper carrier bag.

Then we were taken in groups to different houses, and by the time I arrived at mine, the bottom of my bag fell out due to the wet grass — I was presented to my host family as a little boy in short trousers and a screwed up bag of rations.

A G A Fisher, age 75

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