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The impact of evacuation on children depended to

an extent on which social strata you were in at the

time. Parents who had access to money invariably

made their own arrangements. Children at private

schools based in the cities tended to move out to

manor houses in the countryside where children at

that school could be kept together. But 1.9 million

children gathered at rail stations in early September

not knowing where they were going nor if they

would be split from brothers and sisters who had

gathered with them.

World War Two was the first war where

Britain itself was the target of frequent

attacks by the enemy. With the success of

the Battle of Britain and the suspension of

‘Operation Sea Lion’, the only way Ger-

many could get at mainland Britain was to

bomb it. This occurred during the Blitz and

seemed to reinforce the government’s

decision to introduce evacuation at the start

of the war.

Children did go to school though some schools

moved from towns to the country side. As well as

ordinary lessons children learned air raid drills;

leaving classrooms when the sirens sounded to go to

air raid shelters.

To raise money for the 'war effort', schools started

'Spitfire Funds' and National Savings Groups. More

than 6,000 school savings groups started in 1940.

Children saved money each week. Many schools

gave children free milk, and there were school

dinners too, for a small charge.

Food rationing was introduced in stages, beginning

in January 1940. Foods that were rationed included

bacon, butter, sugar, meat, tea, cooking fat, jam,

cheese, eggs and milk.

Rationing started on January 8th 1940, when

bacon, butter and sugar were rationed (by weight),

followed by meat in March 1940. In July 1940, tea,

cooking fat, jam and cheese were also rationed (by

weight). Eggs and milk were rationed by allocating

supplies to shops in proportion to the number of

customers registered there.