War had been declared and within months arrangements were being made for all London and Outer London children to be evacuated to the country where they would be safe from the bombing which was expected
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Category: History
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Hop Picking
Along with many other East End families, the only holiday Geezer,Ted Lewis’ family had each year was a working holiday Hop Picking in Kent in September. It was his annual holiday for the the first
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Jackie’s Dad the Fireman
Jackie Harris’s father was in the Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) stationed at Bow during the war. She recalls some of the stories he told her about working in the service during that time.
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The Lewis Family are Evacuated from Bow
TED LEWIS’ STORY On the third of September 1939 we were on our annual working holiday, hop picking. It was a Sunday, and I was carrying our Sunday dinner to the village baker to be
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Roman Road Market
Roman Road Market is situated on the oldest known trade route in Britain, the road to Colchester famously taken by Boudicea on her way to burn the Romans in London. The road is in the
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