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My Grandma was 8 when the war started, she was the oldest of 5 children.Her father was in the Scott's Guards and he was serving in the army in Greece and Africa. My grans dad was away from 1941-1945 so she did not see him during that time. The clocks were put forward 2 hours for farmers to get their crops in, School started at 10am and evacuees started coming to Cockermouth during 1940-1941.
My Grandma who was a pupil at All Saints school said that she was taught in the school during the morning and the Church rooms in the afternoon and the evacuees used the school in the afternoon. She was taught the 3 R's Reading, Riting and Rithmatic. Vaccinations were compulsary, and she used to pray that her name was not on the dentists list on a Monday morning, if it was you usally had to go for a tooth extracted on the Tuesday morning, you did not get fillings in those days.
Once a month Nurse Lawson from the Clinic came to check for nits. If you had nits you got your hair shaved off. She used to know who had had nits because they used to come to school the next day wearing a " Pixie hat" Undernourished children used to get a teacake, piece of cheese and a small bottle of milk. Very undernourished used to get more milk and two digestives. My grandma said she hoped some of the children would be off so that she could get a share of the teacakes.
School was locked at 9 o' clock and if you were late you had to stand outside until after assembly, then, you would get the Cain. In the morning you had to stand on your seat so your teacher could see if your shoes had been cleaned

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