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01/09/2009, 1:33 PM Web Team - Vince Joined on 07/08/2003 Archant Norfolk Posts 952 Evacuees of 1939 During the second world war, almost three million children were moved to the countryside between 1939 and 1945. The government's scheme to evacuate priority people from London and other major cities began on September 1, 1939, under the codename of Operation Pied Piper. Sixty years on - stories from the EDP, September 1, 2009: Evacuees re-live wartime memories 70 years on John Fosbueary: They treated me like their own Barbara Murphy: I enjoyed Norfolk so much I didn't want to go home Doris Hanscombe: I still can't wave goodbye at a railway station If you have memories of being an evacuee, growing up with them or tales from your family, please share them here.    Report

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