Illustrations

  • Cover: Evacuees on Isle of Wight steamer, September 1939 (Portsmouth Evening News) Royal Doulton commemorative figures (By kind permission of Royal Doulton)
  • Evacuees in the "paddock" at Portsmouth Station, September 1939 (Portsmouth Evening News) Langstone School, evacuees lining up in playground (Portsmouth Evening News) George and Brenda Osborn, 1939 (Author's collection)
  • Meon Road School Log Book page (Kindly loaned by Meon Road School)
  • WWII issue civilian gas mask (Illustration by David Cleverley)
  • Evacuation Poster (Ministry of Health Poster in Images of War, Marshall Cavendish Collection in association with Imperial War Museum)
  • Evacuation rehearsal at Portsmouth, July 1939 (Portsmouth Evening News)
  • Evacuees from Portsmouth arriving at Wootton, September 1939 (Portsmouth Evening News) Brenda's first letter home, September 1939 (Author's collection)
  • Propaganda Poster (in Images of War, Marshall Cavendish Collection in association with Imperial War Museum)
  • Christmas letter from the Lord Mayor of Portsmouth to all evacuees (Author's collection) Wootton Bridge (Etching by Peter Bailey, Wootton)
  • Map of Wootton Bridge, Isle of Wight, c. 1940 (Reproduced from the 1940 Ordnance Survey map)
  • Map of Wootton Bridge and the surrounding area, c.1940 (Reproduced from the 1940 Ordnance Survey map)
  • Aunty Annie's house in New Road, c.1940 (Sketch by the author)
  • National Service Medal awarded to carers of evacuees (Award Productions Ltd.) Newspapers reports of the death of Brenda, 1941 (Isle of Wight County Press) Father's letter (Author's collection)
  • Wootton infant and junior school, c.1940 (Sketch by the author)
  • Register for Miss Scott's class, 1945 (Kindly loaned by Mrs S Woodward, Wootton)
  • Classroom 'love letters', as confiscated by teacher and found in old school register (Kindly loaned by Mrs S Woodward, Wootton)
  • Headmaster's letter (Author's collection)
  • Wootton School stamp (Author's collection)
  • My village friends (Cartoon by 'Chip)
  • Wootton's Norman church of St. Edmund's, c.1940 (Sketch by the author) Wootton Station Road Methodist chapel (Sketch by the author)
  • Margaret's invitation (Cartoon by 'Chip')
  • Tea at Wendy's (Cartoon by 'Chip')
  • Did the earth move for you too? (Cartoon by 'Chip')
  • Our house at Eastern Avenue, Portsmouth, 1946 (Sketch by the author)
  • Street guide to Portsmouth (Reproduced from 1930s' map, Malcolm England & Co.) Bomb damage at Portsmouth (Portsmouth Evening News)
  • Dockyard Class, St Luke's School, 1949 (Author's collection)