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The Vackie Heroes Book
Like so many children in 1941, John and his sister Grace were sent from their home in Wimbledon to Ilfracombe to escape the expected bombing in the London area by Hitler's Luftwaffe. They did not want to leave their comfortable home or their mother. John and Grace's father had been called up to join the army and was now fighting in France. The train journey to their new home was long and arduous. They had no idea what or who they would find when they arrived. Luckily, they were taken in by wonderful foster-parents in Mr and Mrs Jones, who pre-war had run a guest house in Ilfracombe. There were three other girls in the house with them and they soon made friends among themselves and with the local children. The locals insisted that the evacuees should be known as Vackies. School took place … read more...
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