02905nam 2200589 a 450 991079236170332120230207213436.01-282-49062-197866124906200-19-157443-0(CKB)2670000000012361(EBL)497629(OCoLC)610210344(SSID)ssj0000357843(PQKBManifestationID)12125315(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000357843(PQKBWorkID)10358824(PQKB)10402502(MiAaPQ)EBC497629(Au-PeEL)EBL497629(CaPaEBR)ebr10370334(CaONFJC)MIL249062(EXLCZ)99267000000001236120100331d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrChurchill's children[electronic resource] the evacuee experience in wartime Britain /John WelshmanOxford Oxford University Press20101 online resource (369 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-957441-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Plates; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: A Child's War; 1. 'Evacuation': Just Another Word; 2. Operation Pied Piper; 3. The Railway Children; 4. Living Out of a Suitcase; 5. The Official Response; 6. A Winter on Welfare; 7. City and Countryside; 8. Spitfire Summer; 9. Victims or Vandals?; 10. One Year On; 11. The Long Haul; 12. Reconstruction; 13. Going Home; 14. Ordinary People in Extraordinary Circumstances; Epilogue; Notes; IndexWe were dumped at a roundabout with our labels on. People pulled and tugged at the children they wanted. It was a bit like a cattle market... people just waded in. I went with a lady and her daughter - she was like a second Mum.'Alexander King, evacuated aged elevenBased on the stories of thirteen children and adults, Churchill's Children tells the often moving story of the evacuation of schoolchildren in Britain during the Second World War, from the first mass evacuations of 1939 through to the lesser-known but equally important evacuations of 1940 and 1944. John Welshman skilfully captures tWorld War, 1939-1945Evacuation of civiliansGreat BritainWorld War, 1939-1945ChildrenGreat BritainWorld War, 1939-1945Social aspectsGreat BritainWorld War, 1939-1945Evacuation of civiliansWorld War, 1939-1945ChildrenWorld War, 1939-1945Social aspects940.53161Welshman John1486101MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792361703321Churchill's children3705496UNINA