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.

Maureen Haslam

At the outbreak of war, Maureen was evacuated to Norfolk with her two sisters before being moved again to Wilnecote when invasion was feared.

Gerald Haslam

Gerald was a young boy growing up in Wilnecote during World War II. He enjoyed playing with the evacuees, and later married one.

Nora Landon

At the outbreak of war Nora was 20 years old and a volunteer at the Congregational Church in Hanley.

Children on the Move

A lasting record of wartime evacuation

Do you have a memory to share?

Maureen Haslam

Gerald Haslam

Nora Landon