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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice good in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Small gift message in front. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> All the children who were evacuated from Hastings went on the same day 21 July 1940. The Director of Education W Norman King said ‘in spite of the short notice the evacuation had been carried out very smoothly thanks partly to the benefit of a rehearsal in the re-evacuation of the London children.’ (Helenswood School and it’s Origins Brian Lawes 1987 published by author). The reason for the short notice was the sudden fear of invasion following the retreat from Dunkirk and maybe with a name like that Mr. King had latent memories from 1066 when the Normans invaded Britain and the Battle of Hastings took place. The central government had no such premonitions at the start of war and were only considering safety from air attack. The smoothness of the operation Norman King expressed and the satisfaction that he may have felt at his achievement did not reflect the dilemma expressed in the Manchester Guardian on 2nd November 1939 describing evacuation and the separation of family members as a breach of nature only fully successful when enforced