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I am a volunteer at the Slaidburn Archive (slaidburnarchive.org). I am attempting to write about the impact of WW2 on this small Yorkshire village and in particular the arrival of evacuees from London but mainly from Brighton.
Unless they were “private evacuees” they had their own attendance record but several are mentioned in the school log book for the time. A Miss Parsons was a teacher from Brighton who stayed in the village for a while.
The Archive holds two photographs one of girls and the other of boys and most of the children would appear to be evacuees mixed in with local children.
Amongst the names mentioned in the logbook is that of Charles (Charlie) Hewitt and he stayed on in the village for a while after the war. We have several photos of Charlie and we also know where he ended his days in the USA. My family kept a photograph of Zoe Fry who is also mentioned in the logbook as taking the entrance exam for Varndean School. Charlie and Emily Perkins also took the Brighton Scholarship Examination whilst at the school. Jennifer Florence Perkins was amitted to the school in March 1943. Alan Virgo born circa 1932 was an evacuee in a family where letters from the family to their son stationed abroad mention Alan frequently and he, in April 1943, joins his 2 brothers at a school in Doncaster. Elsie Poynter is another name mentioned.
We would love to make contact with families who came to the village. I would be grateful if somehow you could spread the word around. I can be contacted either by post:
Margaret Brenchley,
Slaidburn Archive,
25 Church St., Slaidburn, Clitheroe BB73ER
or
mabrenchley @btinternet.com
or enquiries@slaidburnarchive.org
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