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My memories start when I was ten years old and lived in Manchester. Two days before war broke out we were evacuated. We moved from All Saints School to a school in Fulwood, Preston. Some of our teachers also went along with us. Three of my family were evacuated - myself, my younger brother and my elder sister. We arrived at the school in Fulwood, where we were divided among families. The three of us were kept together and went to a family with the name Nye. We stayed with them for six months. After this we were split up. I went to a family who lived in a large farmhouse and had seven other evacuees. We all did our share of the chores and were very well looked after. I stayed with this family for three years although I did go home and visit my own parents about three times. Even after the war ended, I visited the family and stayed with them for a couple of days.
I went to school, mornings one week, afternoons another. A Methodist chapel was converted into school rooms for us. I remember the school produced a school magazine called 'The Evacuee'. We put our own words to popular songs and they were printed in the magazine. We also wrote articles in it telling of our own personal experiences. Also, while at the school in Preston, we were joined by evacuees from South London. We soon realised that we talked differently but got on very well together.
I remember in Preston there was a large aircraft factory and during the war it regularly got bombed and we'd been moved there for our own safety!!

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