... with her children. This was quite a common occurrence and some parents did not even consider evacuating their children due to preconceived ideas. Source E highlights this; the man being interviewed would not send his child away as he thought that " they can't be looked after where they're sending them". This man, like many other citizens had preconceptions of the countryside such as "they've nothing there; they were starving there before the war" Many children who were evacuated returned home, some because they were unhappy and some because their parents did not see the need for them to remain there because of the 'phoney war' in which no bombs were dropped on cities. This meant that they would be back in danger zones, which was not a success from the government's point of view. The actual transportation of the children was very well organised; the children were all registered in ...

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