Websites on Evacuation

Bideford 500 Heritage: www.bidefordheritage.co.uk/htdocs/evacuees.htm

The site celebrates Bideford’s unique past and includes a number of stories related to wartime evacuation in Bideford.

Gillian Mawson: Guernsey Evacuation blog: http://guernseyevacuees. wordpress.com

The site gives up to date information on my ongoing research into the Guernsey Evacuation. It includes details of my talks, and of the activities of my community group of evacuees. There is also a page which shows requests from evacuees who wish to be reunited with wartime friends.

Gillian Mawson’s History blog: http://whaleybridgewriter.blogspot.co.uk

The site contains posts on various subjects, including the Great War, the Second World War, local history and family history.

Memories of War: www.memoriesofwar.org.uk

The Memories of War project focusses on the oral histories of people who witnessed and experienced very different aspects of war.

Picture the Past: www.picturethepast.org.uk

The site contains over 100,000 fully searchable images on how life has changed in the North East Midlands over the last few hundred years

The Second World War Experience Centre:www.war-experience.org

The centre collects and encourages access to the testimony of men and women who lived through the Second World War. This ensures that different audiences share and learn from the personal recollections preserved in the collection.