What happened at Barnack school during the war? Were children evacuated to Barnack and the surrounding area?
Tomorrow we will be welcoming a new girl Lydia to the class- I hope you will all make her feel very welcome. Please remember to bring in a contribution for the Mothers' Day Sale if you have not already done so. The Mothers' Day Sale will be held on Thursday afternoon, or at the start of the morning for those children who are going to Soke Football and Netball in the afternoon.
Mrs Humphreys will be continuing with the war-time cookery groups this week.
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There was evacuation from larger places to Barnack. Here is a true story.
"Nobody told us where we were going. We went from North London and went to the Railway station. We were taken to Stamford and then a small village called BARNACK. We were met by a lady billeting officer who took us around. There was a queue of children being dropped off one by one at each house. I was fortunate as I went to a very large family who had a son my age. He was able to introduce me to all his friends in the village. I was 12 years old, I stayed there for 18 months.
Rose
Wow- what super research Rose!
What was your source of information?
At the local school, we practiced putting on our gas-masks. The headmaster, Mr Charles Allerton, would hammer on the door, as if there had been an air- raid warning, and the children would get their gas-masks on as quickly as possible.
At home, we sheltered in the cupboard under the stairs when the sirens went off. On the eve of my 5th birthday, an incendiary bomb landed on the school, opposite our house.
A large country house, Walcot Hall, near Barnack, became a base for American Servicemen.
Occasionally, the local children were invited to a party there, where we enjoyed a wonderful spread of food, and went home with a selection of 'goodies', a real treat.
Heather
I used the BBC website. All though there was only one article on Evacuation to Barnack I still found it really interesting.
Rose
I think I know someone who was alive in world war 2 and has lived in Barnack ever since.
Ethan
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