I am writing a book for the History Press (due out Nov 2012)
‘Guernsey Evacuees: The Forgotten Evacuees of the Second World War’
The royalties from this book will enable me to continue my research – to pre order a copy, click on:
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Any profits from the booklet, DVD and calendar sales below will support the activities of my Community Group of surviving Guernsey Evacuees in England
BOOKLET AVAILABLE: I have produced a booklet which gives an overview of the story of the Guernsey evacuation to Northern England during WW2. It contains rare archive documents, and war time photographs, collected during the last three years. It would also be useful for teachers who are engaged in teaching World War Two Evacuation.
click here to view front cover
You can buy a copy if you have a Paypal account, or pay by cheque: just contact me at gillianmawson@btinternet.com
CHANNEL ISLANDS EVACUEE FILM: Diane Rickerby of Bury Archives Service, and I have worked together to create a 30 minute documentary film, entitled ‘All My Worldly Possessions” which tells the story of two Channel Island evacuees in Bury, Lancashire, and their experiences during the war.
You can buy the DVD from me if you have a Paypal account, or pay by cheque: just contact me at gillianmawson@btinternet.com
or contact me at: gillianmawson@btinternet.com
The film was made with the support of the Manchester Beacon for Public Engagement
CALENDAR: I produced a Commemorative calendar for 2010 to mark the 70th Anniversary of the Channel Island Evacuation, containing 12 rare wartime images of Guernsey evacuees, Alderney evacuees and Jersey evacuees in Northern England, plus several archive documents. I have a few copies left for collectors, at £6.00 each, incl. postage and packing. Email: gillianmawson@btinternet.com for details
Samples of front cover and January page below:-
My uncle, Philip Godfray was headmaster of Alderney School at the outbreak of war, and had to leave Alderney at very short notice(2 hours) to take the school children away. They travelled to Guernsey first, and then on to England where they settled in Alderley Edge in Cheshire. Eventually some of the children were collected by their families, and then the remainder were absorbed into one of the Guernsey schools under Mr Le Poidevin, I believe. My uncle never had time to return to his home, and had no essential paperwork with him eg his passport, teaching qualification certificates etc. He was only 25 years old and had the help of two lady teachers, Miss Odell and Mrs Pouteaux. When he died I gave all his records to the Alderney Museum in time for the 50th Anniversary after the war. He kept meticulous records of every child, complete with photographs. Maybe a story in itself.
I have been looking at the guernsey evacuees site @ find it very interesting, I was a guernsey evacuee in Cheshire in a village called Irby with St.Andrews school, no parents were with us just the headmaster & his wife & one other teacher, I was 10 yrs old at the time. I have enjoyed your films, especial the ones with Sheila Whipp who is a very good friend of mine. Best wishes, Jim Hallett.
Hi Gill, I am still following your blog,and I see you have plenty of Evacuee comments which I also enjoy reading. Give my regards to your evacuee friends. Rita.
Hi Rita thanks so much for your comment. I am seeing some of the evacuees on Thursday and will say hello to them from you! Take care
Gill
Hi Rita
thank you so much for your comment, and also for following my blog for all this time, I do appreciate it. I will tell my community group of evacuees about you when I see them later this week. Gill