WWII Evacuation Event - Shrewsbury Book Fest
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BOOKFEST 'REMEMBERS' November 2011
WWII Evacuation Event at Acton Scott Farm
More than 150 children from Greenfields, Mount Pleasant and Clunbury Primary Schools were given a taste of life as World War II evacuees at Acton Scott Historic Working Farm on 24th November. The children from Clunbury Primary arrived dressed in wonderful 1940s-style clothes and carrying gas mask boxes and identity cards. The children from Greenfields and Mount Pleasant Primaries stepped into the 1940s as they left the school gate, travelling to Acton Scott in vintage coaches supplied by Boultons of Shropshire. They were all greeted by Billeting Officer Mrs Mainwaring and were soon put to work helping the Land Girls with kibbling wheat, feeding the chickens and foraging for windfall apples. They practised air raid drills, sang songs to keep their spirits up and wrote letters home to their parents.
Lisa Prior, teacher at Greenfields Primary, said: It was a wonderful opportunity to bring our history topic of Britain in World War II to life. We’re hugely grateful to the Museum Educators at Acton Scott and to Bookfest for all the work they put into creating a really memorable day for the children.”
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The children were joined by Julie Summers, author of ‘When the Children Came Home: the true stories of wartime evacuees’.
We are very grateful to Annabel Moeller Photography for the majority of the photographs on this website. Designed by IDC Web Design.
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