- Contributed byÌý
- morpethadultlearning
- People in story:Ìý
- Frank Longstaff
- Location of story:Ìý
- Sunderland and Leyburn
- Background to story:Ìý
- Civilian
- Article ID:Ìý
- A4504907
- Contributed on:Ìý
- 21 July 2005
When the Germans bombed Sunderland I was one of the children evacuated to Leyburn in the Yorkshire Dales. Unfortunately, I was very small and thin so I was one of the last evacuees to be selected by the prospective foster parents - the people choosing wanted big, strong lads to work on the local farms.
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