"However different, all the stories in this book underline one thing: there is so much more to the story of evacuation during that horrific Nazi war than the images of children arriving at railway stations, clutching gas masks, and with labels tied to their coats, which have entered the popular imagination."

ARGunners.com

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Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine August 2016

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Barking and Dagenham Post

This is a fascinating insight into the realities of wartime life, and a valuable oral history of a unique moment in British history.

Pennant

Gillian Mawson does a great service to our understanding and knowledge of what these children lived through and endured, giving us a useful additional understanding of the social history of Home Front Britain.

Britain at War

As featured in Wrekin News.

Wrekin News

A unique collection of oral histories exploring WWII evacuations and a fascinating and moving document for posterity.

Your Family Tree Magazine

A fascinating insight into the realities of wartime life and a valuable record of a unique moment in British history.

Evacuee Magazine

As seen in the North Devon Journal.

North Devon Journal

This book gives a unique insight into the evacuation experience from the mouths of those who lived through it, before they are lost to us forever.
It is packed with posters, documents and photographs, some from local groups archives and others 'rescued from old suitcases and attics', along with useful websites and contacts for further research. The breadth of experiences touched upon is extraordinary.

Family Tree Magazine

As seen in the Derby Telegraph.

Derby Telegraph

A fascinating insight into the many different experiences of what was a brave undertaking both for those that implemented the programme and also those who were evacuated.

Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine

As seen in The Guide (Prestwich & Whitefield).

The Guide (Prestwich & Whitefield)

As seen in the Dorset Echo.

Dorset Echo

Author and researcher Gillian Mawson's fantastic new book includes some fascinating stories...It sheds light on an often ignored part of social history.

Bury Times

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Stockport Times

As seen in the Liverpool Echo.

Liverpool Echo

As seen in the Matlock Mercury.

Matlock Mercury

As seen in the Great Yarmouth Mercury.

Great Yarmouth Mercury

As seen in the Stockport Express.

Stockport Express

As seen in the South Wales Evening Post.

South Wales Evening Post

As seen in the Buxton Advertiser.

Buxton Advertiser

As seen in the Lancashire Evening Post.

Lancashire Evening Post

As seen in the Carmarthen Journal.

Carmarthen Journal

As seen in the Glossop Chronicle

Glossop Chronicle