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I was evacuated in 1939 when I was 9 years old, my sister was 7 and my brother was 11. We were taken from Templemore Avenue School on buses. We headed to Derry then on to Dungiven and we stayed in a place called Boveva outside Dungiven. My sister and I were in one house and my brother was up the road a bit. The people we stayed with were builders, so we were welcomed into their home. Our name was Totten. We lived in Cable St, Newtownards Road, Belfast. My father was in the army, he was stationed in Magilligan. He came to see us and some of the soldiers gave him sweet coupons to bring us sweets. We were away for three and a half years. When we came home the children used to come to our door to get us to come out to play as we were talking country. We spent some happy times together. My mother was left at home but came to see us. I had a brother born during the war. Age 75.

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