No Time To Wave Goodbye True Stories of Britain's 3,500,000 Evacuees
Language: English
Published by Bloomsbury, 1988
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Seller: Rhos Point Books, Conwy, United KingdomRhos Point Books
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Hardback. Dustjacket. Both in Very Good condition. Red cloth boards with gold lettering to spine. Dust Jacket creased to edges. Not Inscribed. 228 Pages. Illustrated. Label mark to front end papers. In the early hours of 1 September 1939, German troops crossed the border into Poland. At the same time, in Britain, hundreds of thousands of children rubbed their eyes and climbed from their beds. For many it would be years before they climbed back into them. Within hours in cities all over the country, long crocodiles of children were making their way to the nearest railway station to board trains that would take them to the safety of the countryside, Two days later, in the homes of 'borrowed parents' they lstened as an angry Prime Minister told the world that Britain was at war with Gerrmany. The wartime evacuation exercise in Britain was the biggest movement of people the country had ever witnessed. Now almost 50 years later, those who took part have found a mouthpiece, many of them for the first time.…
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- Title
- No Time To Wave Goodbye True Stories of Britain's 3,500,000 Evacuees
- Author
- Wicks, Ben
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
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- 1988
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- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0747500835
- ISBN 13
- 9780747500834
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Rhos Point Books
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