Figure 1.-- These children were evacuated from Manchester in 1939. In the picture are the Rev, Jackson of Holy Trinity Church Darwen, his wife. The evacuated children are Sidney, Jack , Nina, Mary and Tom Jasper

The evacuees were not all sent to the countryside meaning villages. They were also billeted in towns that were not nelieved to be German targets. A HBC reader reports, "I understand from my great aunt that my grand parents looked after a Dutch boy who had been evacuated to Blackburn, England during the War. When the war ended he returned to live with his parents in Holland. My grand parents were invited to Holland to meet the parents of the boy There was a photograph of him. I do not know what happened to this picture but if I can find it i'll copy it." A German boy and his family managed to escape the NAZIs just before the War began. Steven Muller and his brother were evacuated along with the British children only days after reaching Britain. A British reader tells us about Carl Orlins, an 11-year old boy who was evacuated from Manchester. He was evacuated to Darwen the next town to Blackburn. He recalls that it was about lunch time when he arrived at Darwen. He boarded a bus which took the evacuees to the homes where they were to live. It was a slow journey going from street to street and stopping and starting at the homes that were to care for the children. This was in 1939. In the available photograph are the Rev. Jackson of Holy Trinity Church Darwen, his wife. The evacuated children are called Sidney, Jack , Nina, Mary and Tom Jasper (figure 1).

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