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Evacuees

Evacuees arrive from Walthamstow
(picture from Rushden Echo & Argus Dec 8th 1939 - from microfilm viewer)

Evacuees also came from Colchester - a garrison town - some to
Alfred Street School where sadly, a bomb killed three evacuee girls.

Evacuation Leaflet
W.V.S. & the Evacuees
Evacuee News
Evacuee Letters 1941
Evacuees - Eastfields
Evacuees - The Beeches
obituary 1943
Memories of an Evacuee
Canteen dinners
Major Doris Sharp 1941


On September 1st 1939 the first Evacuees from London arrived
(picture from Rushden Echo & Argus Dec 29th 1939 - from microfilm viewer)

If you were an Evacuee in Rushden and would like to share your memories with us, please contact us.

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