The front cover of the book "Far From Home." This is includes some archive photos of evacuees. The book is by Sarah Harper.
Far from Home book front cover.
The back of a "Far From Home" book. It has a photo of some young evacuees and some text which reads "Evacuees, Dr Barnardo's Boys and Prisoners of War in the Borderlands. In the late 1930s, rising tensions in Europe and potential invasion unnerved the British Government who were responsible for protecting citizens. As a result thousands of children and orphaned Dr Barnardo's children from British cities to the countryside. The countryside also hosted Prisoners of War who were similarly far from home."
The front cover of the book "Far From Home." This is includes some archive photos of evacuees. The book is by Sarah Harper.
Far from Home book front cover.
The back of a "Far From Home" book. It has a photo of some young evacuees and some text which reads "Evacuees, Dr Barnardo's Boys and Prisoners of War in the Borderlands. In the late 1930s, rising tensions in Europe and potential invasion unnerved the British Government who were responsible for protecting citizens. As a result thousands of children and orphaned Dr Barnardo's children from British cities to the countryside. The countryside also hosted Prisoners of War who were similarly far from home."

Far from Home

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Evacuees, Dr Barnardo’s Boys and Prisoners of War in the Borderlands

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Far from Home

Evacuees, Dr Barnardo’s Boys and Prisoners of War in the Borderlands

by Sarah Harper

 

In the late 1930s, rising tensions in Europe and potential invasion unnerved the British Government who were responsible for protecting citizens.  As a result Operation Pied Piper evacuated thousands of children and orphaned Dr Barnardo’s children from British cities to the countryside.  The countryside also hosted Prisoners of War who were similarly far from home.

24 page booklet with photographs throughout.

This booklet was printed by the Devil’s Porridge Museum as a result of research conducted by its team.

N.B. This booklet is incorporated within the book, “The Solway Military Coast” by Sarah Harper.

 

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