Imagine how hard it would feel to be separated from your loved ones at Christmas.
Back in the Second World War, many, many child evacuees were moved from towns and cities to the countryside, sometimes hundreds of miles away from their parents, to escape the bombs.
For the children placed within loving homes, it may have been a wonderful adventure.
But there were others who were mistreated in their adopted homes.
Heather M. Barratt, 77, from Market Rasen, has compiled a book called Evacuees Their Stories, which shines a light on children’s war time experiences, both good and bad.
The 1940S re-enactor attended an event and invited families to share their evacuee stories.
Here, we share a couple of evacuees’ Christmas memories..
Marie Hutchinson told the story of her mum Ann Simon, who was born in April 1934.
Ann was evacuated from Hartlepool to Scarborough at the age of five with her sister Lillian and brother Jackie, 12.
They and two young teenage evacuees were taken in by two unmarried sisters who were retired nurses.
Ann recalled: “At Christmas they…
