The Day They Took the Children

In 1988, when the author launched his first book of writings by evacuees, "No Time to Wave Goodbye", hundreds of men and women converged on London for a nostalgic reunion. This further collection of memories of evacuation, is illustrated with photographs and personal mementoes.

'Unique ... Wicks has caught all the pathos and the humour of those traumatic times in a moving book' - Yorkshire Evening Post on No Time to Wave Goodbye _____________________A beautiful, moving collection of evacuation stories from WWII, illustrated with 200 photographs_____________________In 1988, to celebrate Ben Wicks’ launch of his first book of writings by evacuees – No Time to Wave Goodbye – hundreds of people converged on London’s Marylebone Station for a nostalgic reunion. The author received thousands of letters, many from ex-evacuees, who on reading the book had laughed and wept as they relived something of their own past. They thanked him from the bottom of their hearts – and begged for more. This further collection of memories contains stories from some of Britain’s 3.5 million evacuees during the Second World War. This beautiful volume is illustrated with 200 poignant photographs, along with personal mementoes, many from the evacuees themselves. Told in their own words, these stories of evacuees are hugely diverse – often funny, often sad, and always moving.