LEADER 02905nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910792361703321 005 20230207213436.0 010 $a1-282-49062-1 010 $a9786612490620 010 $a0-19-157443-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000012361 035 $a(EBL)497629 035 $a(OCoLC)610210344 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000357843 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12125315 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000357843 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10358824 035 $a(PQKB)10402502 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC497629 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL497629 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10370334 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL249062 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000012361 100 $a20100331d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChurchill's children$b[electronic resource] $ethe evacuee experience in wartime Britain /$fJohn Welshman 210 $aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (369 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-957441-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aWe 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 t 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xEvacuation of civilians$zGreat Britain 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xChildren$zGreat Britain 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xSocial aspects$zGreat Britain 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xEvacuation of civilians 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xChildren 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xSocial aspects 676 $a940.53161 700 $aWelshman$b John$01486101 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792361703321 996 $aChurchill's children$93705496 997 $aUNINA