The Evacuation Scheme in Britain, 1939

ID: 426 ~ Source: "[The Evacuation Scheme in Britain, 1939.]" Image. From Imperial War Museums: Ministry of Information Second World War Official Collection. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205197872 (accessed July 11, 2018). ~ Creator: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer ~ Date: September 1, 1939
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Children at the Myrdle School in Stepney embark on an early evacuation lead by volunteer marshals.

This file appears in: A World at War

By Alan Davies
"Well, I do remember hearing the radio broadcast because the very next day my father, who could rent his cab—he had to pay the owner of the cab, but he could rent it himself—he took us away into the country, right away. Because the government…