Bygone News - Evacuation http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/taxonomy/term/62/0 en Occupied Groningen http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/occupied-groningen <p>It was September 1944, I was a student nurse in Apeldoorn and I had been at home on sick leave as I had TB. The cure was bedrest and good food. We lived in occupied Holland, Groningen, not far from the German border. My father worked there on the railway and he was told by the Underground that we had to leave our house and go underground. We put what belongings we could in an empty room belonging to a neighbour. The rest we just had to leave in our house. Father and Nico, my brother, dressed as workmen and cycled to Makkum, the village where my parents were born, and where we had a lot of relations. Nobody wanted me as I was ill and did not have a ration card.<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/occupied-groningen"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> 1939-1945 Childhood Evacuation Railways / Trains Rationing War Years Syta Coleman Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:56:35 +0000 lynne.davidson 741 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk Kirriemuir Evacuee http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/kirriemuir-evacuee <p><span class='wysiwyg_imageupload image imgupl_floating_right imgupl_styles_spacing_20_black_border\n\rBlack Border'><a href="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/wysiwyg_imageupload_lightbox_preset/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/evacb09-027_0.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/evacb09-027_0.png" alt="" title="" class="imagecache wysiwyg_imageupload imgupl_styles_spacing_20_black_border\n\rBlack Border imagecache imagecache-medium" style="" width="230" height="165" /></a> <span class='image_meta'></span></span>I went to Butterburn School, now demolished and then to Rockwell for 1941 - 1944. I left when I was 15 years old. I have lots of happy memories from both schools, and often wonder where all my classmates are now? I was evacuated to Kirriemuir in 1939 when the war broke out, and I went to schools there also. I am now a war widow, but I often look back and remember my happy school days.</p> 1940's Evacuation School Days War Years Jean Hendrie (nee Simpson) Brantwood/The Glens Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:21:42 +0000 lynne.davidson 691 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk Cultural Shock for Evacuees http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/cultural-shock-evacuees <p><span class='wysiwyg_imageupload image imgupl_floating_right imgupl_styles_spacing_20_black_border\n\rBlack Border'><a href="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/wysiwyg_imageupload_lightbox_preset/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/farm.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/farm.png" alt="" title="" class="imagecache wysiwyg_imageupload imgupl_styles_spacing_20_black_border\n\rBlack Border imagecache imagecache-medium" style="" width="230" height="165" /></a> <span class='image_meta'></span></span>I was born in D.R.I. on 27th June, 1931. I lived at 2 Park Lane with my six brothers and sisters in a one room attic. My father was in the army at outbreak of war. My mother and all of the family were sent to Banchory for the remainder of the war. It was a cultural shock for us. We had never seen cows in a field. We lived on a farm for six years. We were so happy then. We did not want to come home. We cried all the way back to Dundee.</p> Park Lane 1939-1945 Animals Childhood Evacuation War Years Eileen Alexander Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:42:38 +0000 lynne.davidson 609 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk Evacuated 1939 http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/evacuated-1939 <div class="content clear-block"> <p><span class='wysiwyg_imageupload image imgupl_floating_right imgupl_styles_spacing_20_black_border\n\rBlack Border'><a href="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/wysiwyg_imageupload_lightbox_preset/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/evacb09-027.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/evacb09-027.png" alt="" title="" class="imagecache wysiwyg_imageupload imgupl_styles_spacing_20_black_border\n\rBlack Border imagecache imagecache-medium" style="" width="230" height="165" /></a> <span class='image_meta'></span></span>Here are some memories of my days during the war when three of my brothers and myself were evacuated in 1939.</p> <p>It was an exciting time for us and many other children. Our mother made it clear that we should be kept together, the children were all happy and excited, we weren't aware how heart broken our Mother was to see us go.<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/evacuated-1939"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> </div> Eliza Street Molison Street 1970's Childhood Evacuation Pletties Railways / Trains Rationing Trams War Years Work / Working Life Betty M Maryfield Stobswell Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:55:56 +0000 lynne.davidson 581 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk