evacuees) and reception (rural areas where evacuees would be sent) Just before the Second World War started the government decided to begin moving people from Britain cities to the designated reception areas. Some people were hesitant to move and only 47% of the school children and about 1/3 of the mothers went to the designated area. This included 827,000 schoolchildren, 524,000 mothers and children under school age, 13,000 expectant mothers, 103,000 teachers and 7,000 disabled people. Why was it…
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