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Evacuation Of Children in WW2

It began the first day of September 1939 due to the threat of bombing. Parents were expected to pay 6s per week. Those who were not so well off were charged less and assisted by the government and people taking in evacuees were paid around eight shillings or as much as sixteen, according to the age and needs of the children. Billeting officers helped find them foster homes. Some sent out by

A Heartwarming Story of Life after the War

Peace in my Heart 
The war is over and Evie Talbert eagerly awaits the return of her three children from their evacuated homes. But her carefree daughters and son are barely recognisable – their education has been disrupted, the siblings split up, and the effect on them has been life-changing. Her son has developed serious behavioural problems and with her daughters, there’s jealousy and a

The Heroine's Journey

1. What is the inciting incident or problem and in what way does it effect her life?

2. What emotional state is she in at the start of the story?

3. What does she want? What are her aims and goal, and what does that tell us about her?

4. What is her flaw or inner conflict that prevents her from attaining her goal, and which traits will help her to overcome them in the end?

5. Many external

Latest books

Hi everyone,
I’ve been hooked up with writing for some months. I did take a week off in June to enjoy a wonderful cruise around the Islands of Scotland. David and I loved visiting St Kilda, the Orkneys, Hoy and Shetland. Full of history, beautiful countryside and generally pretty good weather. Such a treat. You can see pictures of it here on my blog:

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Southport Flower Show

We enjoyed a wonderful day at the Southport Flower Show this week, on a bright sunny day. There were thousands of people present.
                                            




And lots of wonderful events as well as flowers, veg and food and other items on display or for sale. It's always worth a visit.







    

St Kilda

We enjoyed a wonderful cruise around the Scottish islands in June, visiting St Kilda, the Orkneys, Hoy and Shetland. Full of history, beautiful countryside and generally pretty good weather. Such a treat. St Kilda was fascinating and thankfully a sunny day. Now owned by the National Trust it still has a graveyard, post office, small shop, and a museum house.







We explored the curved row

WARTIME RECIPES

Borrowed from my grandmother’s old cookery book. 

Bread and Butter Pudding
Several slices of thin bread with margarine or butter
2 ounces of sugar (if available) otherwise one grated apple.
2 oz of dried raisins
1 beaten or dried egg
1 pint of milk
½ teaspoon of cinnamon

Line a pie dish with layers of the sliced buttered bread, raisins and a sprinkle of sugar or grated apple between each. Beat

Work on the land in World War II

At the start of the war because of the blockade around our shores, there were fewer imports, and farming exports fell. The amount of food people could find went down and people turned their flower gardens into vegetable plots. They would keep hens and maybe a pig too. Women and youngsters would go out each autumn to pick acorns, collecting those that had fallen from the oak trees and use them to

Fat-free Christmas Pudding

4 oz prunes or dates
4 oz candied peel
4 oz grated carrot
4 oz sultanas
4 oz raisins
4 oz currants
1 cooking apple, chopped
½ allspice
½ tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp ground nutmeg
½ tsp ground cloves
juice and zest of 1 orange and 1 lemon
4 oz fresh wholemeal breadcrumbs
2 oz chopped hazelnuts or flaked almonds
4 oz self-raising flour
6 oz dark muscavado sugar
2 large eggs
¼ pint Guinness or 2 –3

A Canadian Cruise

We’ve just enjoyed a wonderful cruise from New York to Canada on Queen Mary 2.





It began with Newport on Rhode Island, a pretty town founded in 1639 that is rich in history.





We enjoyed a lovely walk around admiring beautiful houses, and a Quaker meeting house. It was apparently once a most popular town for well-off families including the Astors, Vanderbilts and Wideners, where they owned