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During World War 2 many cities were bombed.

Liverpool was one of them.

Click on the camera to see photographs of Liverpool

Photographs courtesy of Liverpool Libraries.

This is the Edge Hill area of Liverpool.NextBack

This is Lord Street in Liverpool.NextBack

This is Brunswick Street.NextBack

This is St. Michael’s Station.NextBack

Look at the picture closely – what can you see?

Click on the suitcase to find out more.

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When cities began to be bombed by enemy planes the government thought it would be better if children were ‘evacuated’ to the country. They were known as ‘evacuees’.

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Picture copyright: Imperial War Museum

Children were sent to live with families in the country – in places such as Wales.

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Picture taken from:www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2children

Children were allowed to take a small suitcase, their gas mask and had a label on them.

Find out more:

Luggage Label Suitcase Gas Mask

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This is the what one evacuee took with them.

What would you take?

Evacuees wore a label, giving their name, age and address. They did not know who they were going to stay with.

What would your label say?

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Gas masks were given to people in case the Germans dropped gas bombs on British cities.

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Even babies had gas masks.

Pictures taken from:www.eastwood.ngfl.ac.uk/Pages/news.html

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Children wrote letters home.

Dear Daddy,

How are you keeping? I hope you are going to work like a good boy, because I am going to school. It is about ten minutes walk to my school. Leila will find no difficulty in doing those sums you set her.

I've been so optimistic lately that I have made a bet with Anne Parker that the war will be over by the end of September. If it isn't I have to give her a bar of chocolate (if I can get it), if it is she has to give to me one. Someone told Mrs Farrow he thinks the war will be over by the end of May. I hope he is right, don't you? We cannot get any sweets or chocolate up here. Would like you to send me some in your next letter, that is, if you can get any...

This one is from the BBC web site, written early April 1941.

Not all children were evacuated.

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This is the sound of an air raid siren.

It would warn people that enemy planes were flying overhead.

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NextBackFamilies would enter air raid shelters.

www.worldwar2exraf.co.uk/ Online%20Museum

Air raid shelters were designed to protect people from bombs.

They usually had:

books, food (that could be kept) and buckets.

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Rationing Challenge:www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2children/ration/ration_intro.shtml