The Evacuee Who Became a St. Ivian
The personal story of a boy's remembrances and experience after being evacuated from Highbury, London to St. Ives in Huntingdonshire, as an evacuee in September 1939.
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The literal invasion and the intrusion into a small country town can be very traumatic at any time. Such was the case when the London kids descended into St. Ives in 1939 followed by the American forces in 1941 who took over the nearby airfield of Wyton.
The author recalls from 65 years later, some of the highlights of such an experience at the beginning of World War II in England.
About the Author
Raymond L. Pole was an eleven year old evacuee who was part of the preplanned evacuation in Britain in the event of war with Germany in 1939. This is a story of his personal experiences and recollections covering five years starting in St. Ives, Cambridgeshire, being transferred to an evacuated high school, until his return to London. Raymond, his wife Beth and family, have been living in California for the last fifty years but he has never forgotten the drama during his formative years that this experience made a such a lasting impression.