ID: 2612
Evacuee Labels
WORLD WAR TWO
Category: History
Place/Publisher/Date:
London, No Publisher.1939.
Description:
Four World War Two Evacuee Labels for Matilda Binstock and Doreen Fellows aged 13 and 14 of Elmwood School, Croydon and Edward & John Faulkner of Hollydale Road School, Nunhead, Peckham, London, which would have been attached to their clothing while in transit during evacuation. On the reverse of each label is a stamp reading 'FC Page, 10 Park Lane, Southwick, Sussex'. A letter dated 1/6/1939 re the Govt Evacuation Scheme from Southwick UDC, another from the Min of Health dated April 1939. A slip of paper in hand written pencil '10 Park Lane, Matilda Binstock. Doreen Fellows' and stamped 'Southwick Urban District Council, Sussex', the original allocation paper at the railway station. A printed certificate to Mrs. C. Page in appreciation of taking in evacuees, from Queen Elizabeth enclosed in a remittance envelope from Buckingham Palace addressed to Mrs C. Page, 10 Park Lane, Southwick, Brighton, Sussex. A w complete collection telling of the time when British children were sent into the unknown to avoid the bombing of London.
Price £650.00