Evacuees and Veryan School
Information about evacuees
For many children, the war meant leaving home to go and live with strangers in the country side. At schools and railway stations all over the country, parents said goodbye to their children, and wondered if they would ever see them again. Some children found everything very exciting, like they were going on holiday, but some were very unhappy to leave their mums and dads behind. Most children spent all day on the train, travelling to the countryside. All the children carried a suitcase with a few possessions and a gas mask in a cardboard box around their neck. Being evacuated was very exciting, but it was also strange and frightening. Most mothers did not go away with their children, and the children didn't know where they were being sent or who they were to live with. Some children had fantastic adventures and some were very miserable. Before the war many children living in towns and cities had never been to the countryside and were amazed when they saw cows and sheep for the first time! Imagine how big a shock it might have been to return to London after living in the country.
For many children, the war meant leaving home to go and live with strangers in the country side. At schools and railway stations all over the country, parents said goodbye to their children, and wondered if they would ever see them again. Some children found everything very exciting, like they were going on holiday, but some were very unhappy to leave their mums and dads behind. Most children spent all day on the train, travelling to the countryside. All the children carried a suitcase with a few possessions and a gas mask in a cardboard box around their neck. Being evacuated was very exciting, but it was also strange and frightening. Most mothers did not go away with their children, and the children didn't know where they were being sent or who they were to live with. Some children had fantastic adventures and some were very miserable. Before the war many children living in towns and cities had never been to the countryside and were amazed when they saw cows and sheep for the first time! Imagine how big a shock it might have been to return to London after living in the country.
Evacuees Research done by Class 3
An evacuee was somebody who had to be taken to the countryside because of the bombing in the Second World War. A lot came to Cornwall and to Veryan School. We researched those evacuated to our school in the war by looking in the admissions register. This has the name of every pupil who has been to our school as well as the reasons why they left. We found out whether they were evacuees or not by looking at the reason for leaving. The evacuees had 'Rtd' to wherever they used to live and they were here from 1939-1945. There were 50 evacuees! The register also tells where they lived and who looked after them.We wrote to an evacuee and he replied telling us all about what it was like to be an evacuee. I looked his name up in the register and found out that he came to this school in May 1943 and that he left in December 1944.
An evacuee was somebody who had to be taken to the countryside because of the bombing in the Second World War. A lot came to Cornwall and to Veryan School. We researched those evacuated to our school in the war by looking in the admissions register. This has the name of every pupil who has been to our school as well as the reasons why they left. We found out whether they were evacuees or not by looking at the reason for leaving. The evacuees had 'Rtd' to wherever they used to live and they were here from 1939-1945. There were 50 evacuees! The register also tells where they lived and who looked after them.We wrote to an evacuee and he replied telling us all about what it was like to be an evacuee. I looked his name up in the register and found out that he came to this school in May 1943 and that he left in December 1944.