From: hmemor@YOUTH.NET
Date: Mon Feb 18 2002 - 06:48:16 PST
From: dougtaylor5@btopenworld.com Responding to Peter Oviatt's questions:- I was not worried about leaving my parents. I trusted them and knew they wanted the best for me. I took a small suitcase & my gasmask & had a luggage label with my name on tied to my coat. I went with my school. I went to the house of a couple in South Wales. I couldn't hear the bombing in South Wales but I did hear it when I returned to London before the end of the war I didn't see the German planes when I returned to London because they came at night, but I did hear them. I did see the V1 rockets (doodlebugs) go over and used to hope they would keep going until they got past where I was. I don't remember being afraid. I travelled with my sister because she was at the same school as me. We were taken off the train to the village hall and people came there to pick us out and take us to their homes. It was possible that kids going to their new homes could have been attacked but I didn't hear of it. We had the usual food that we had at home except that the people I was with liked to have fried sea food and I didn't like it much. I didn't need to calm myself, I was OK. I didn't want to be evacuated but it was for my safety. Nobody made me go against my will. I did make new friends with some of the local kids. The lesson I learned as an evacuee was that the only people I really trusted were my family.Also I think being an evacuee helped me in later life when I had to go into the armed forces and be away from home. In some ways it was exciting being an evacuee, like being on an adventure. Being from London it was so different to be in the countryside especially as there was a castle nearby that we could go into and play. I hope this is of use. Doug Taylor Irdnsfe: ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get your FREE credit report with a FREE CreditCheck Monitoring Service trial http://us.click.yahoo.com/ACHqaB/bQ8CAA/ySSFAA/r1FolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: timewitnesses-unsubscribe@egroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/