Do you have a memory to share?

Children on the move is a project working to create a lasting record of evacuation in Staffordshire. Whether you were an evacuee or not, if you have an evacuation momory to share we would love to hear from you!

Click here to get in touch with us or have a look around the website and share some of the momories that we’ve gathered so far.

Robert Prett

Robert Prett's brother had been evacuated to Stafford, and he begged his mother to let him go too. He ended up living next door to his mother in Fazeley Road before being moved to several billets in Stafford.

Sydney Cox

Sydney Cox was moved to Swythamley from his first evacuation in Norfolk. He was very happy to live in the countryside and only returned home because his grandfather found him a job.

Edward Emsley

Edward Emsley wasn't evacuated until 1944 when the V-2 rockets were used as a weapon against the Allies. There was an air raid nearly every night and he was happy to be billeted on a farm.

Children on the Move

A lasting record of wartime evacuation

Do you have a memory to share?

Robert Prett

Sydney Cox

Edward Emsley