World War 2- Evacuees box. What would be in it?

Question

My daughter has to take an old shoe box into scholl containing three items which she would have taken with her if she was evacuated during the war. So far we have photos of her family, her favourite teddy but we are struggling with the third item. I was thinking of a letter but I was wondering if anyone out there had any ideas?

Answer 1

This is an excerpt from wikipedia:

Evacuation

From very early in the war it was thought that the major cities of Britain, especially London, would come under air attack, which did happen. Some children were sent to Canada. Millions of children and some mothers were evacuated from London and other major cities when the war began, but they often filtered back. When the bombing began in September 1940 they evacuated again. The discovery of the poor health and hygiene of evacuees was a shock to Britons, and helped prepare the way for the Beveridge Plan. [2] Children were only evacuated if they're parents agreed but in some cases they didn't have choice.The children were only allowed to take a few things with them including a gas mask,books,money,clothes,ration book and a some small toys.


An idea would be to print a copy of a ration book for her to take to school. The children would have had to have these to get food items such as butter, meat, sugar, jam, etc., and other items, such as clothes.


The second site is for photos of rationing books, the third site is for Woodlands Junior School, in Kent, with their homework help page titled, "Evacuation of Children and Women During World War 2"

Answer 2

Evacuees were mainly young children 5-15 yr olds,sent to stay with families out of danger from German bombing raids . When danger from air-raids was over some returned to their homes ,whilst others had to stay with friends or relatives as their own homes had been destroyed by bombing raids . It was when the war had finished and fond memories of where they had been evacuated to that drew some people back to where their temporary billets had been ,needless to say this would be when they reached adulthood. Luckily for me ,Liverpool,my home city,was out of danger from bombings when I came onto the scene 1944,but my elder relatives had been evacuated to homes in North Wales during the early years of the war,they still visit their "second homes" to this day .

Answer 3

Woodlands Junior Ww2

Answer 4

A ration book? ID card? A book/homework? Something to eat on the journey? Writing paper and pen/pencil (I'm sure the parents would have wanted news)?

These are just guesses. Hope they help.

Found this:
http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/maps/detail.jsp?contentid=1502539131

And this:
http://www.tts-group.co.uk/Product.aspx?cid=6&rid=56&cref=TTSPR594572

Answer 5

Hair ribbons, underwear (abit too embarassing now), sewing kit, an old wooden toy if you have one, alot of happiness was brought by hair ribbons for little girls in those days.

Answer 6

Parent put in what they thought there child would need , so it could have been anything