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A Family At War.

On the outbreak of war the majority of children in the Towns and Cities which were vulnerable to German bombers were evacuated. They were placed with families throughout Britain who lived in more rural areas. Tens of thousands of children were mustered at railway stations and sent sometimes hundreds of miles from their homes. One such child was my elder sister Doris known to all as Dot. She was sent approximately eighty miles north of Manchester where we lived, to a town called Lancaster, which is in the north west of England.

Unhappy And Lonely, A Year Of Tears.

The family with whom she was billeted had a daughter of their own and took Dot as a friend for her, both at home and at school. Dot was there for almost one year. In that time my parents tried to send a small food parcel when they could. They managed to send one approximately once a month. In that time of almost a year they were able to visit only once. We have to remember here, that Britain was under fire with bombers coming over every night in some periods. Workers had to stay at their posts, travel was not as we know it today. Contact was made by post, public telephone boxes were placed in the streets. Unless it was urgent the working population generally used the telephone for emergencies only. People did not have a phone at home in any case.

A Shock For Mum And Dad.

On my parents second visit after almost a year they took Dot to the local park. There she became upset, she was of course wanting to come home. She told how she had not received any food parcels, she knew that parcels arrived by post but nothing was ever said to her about them. Incredibly this family had been keeping the extra food for themselves. Yes, Dot was eating what was being provided in the usual way but there were no extras. Furthermore, Mum and Dad had always put a loving letter of support in the parcel. This of course had never been delivered. In the letters Dot was told to try and look at the moon on certain evenings, at a certain time. Mum and Dad would be looking at the same time and they would send her their love. Although they did look at the moon and send her their love Dot was totally unaware of the moment. Dot of course knew nothing of these letters and her feelings of abandonment were clear. My parents were enraged and returned to the see the family, at first they said that the food had been used for all, however they could not explain the reason for not giving Dot the enclosed letters.