1. World War II
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2. The Blitz During World War 2 many cities were bombed.
Liverpool was one of them.
Click on the camera to see photographs of Liverpool

3. This is the Edge Hill area of Liverpool.
Photographs courtesy of Liverpool Libraries.
This is the Edge Hill area of Liverpool.
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4. This is Lord Street in Liverpool.
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5. This is Brunswick Street.
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6. This is St. Michael’s Station.
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7. Click on the suitcase to find out more.
Look at the picture closely – what can you see?
Click on the suitcase to find out more.
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8. When cities began to be bombed by enemy planes the government thought it would be better if children were ‘evacuated’ to the country. They were known as ‘evacuees’.
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9. Children were sent to live with families in the country – in places such as Wales.
Picture copyright: Imperial War Museum
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10. Picture taken from:www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2children
Children were allowed to take a small suitcase, their gas mask and had a label on them.
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Luggage Label
Suitcase
Gas Mask
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11. This is the what one evacuee took with them.
What would you take?
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12. Evacuees wore a label, giving their name, age and address
Evacuees wore a label, giving their name, age and address. They did not know who they were going to stay with.
What would your label say?
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13. Even babies had gas masks.
Gas masks were given to people in case the Germans dropped gas bombs on British cities.
Even babies had gas masks.
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14. Children wrote letters home.
This one is from the BBC web site, written early April 1941.
Dear Daddy, How are you keeping? I hope you are going to work like a good boy, because I am going to school. It is about ten minutes walk to my school. Leila will find no difficulty in doing those sums you set her. I've been so optimistic lately that I have made a bet with Anne Parker that the war will be over by the end of September. If it isn't I have to give her a bar of chocolate (if I can get it), if it is she has to give to me one. Someone told Mrs Farrow he thinks the war will be over by the end of May. I hope he is right, don't you? We cannot get any sweets or chocolate up here. Would like you to send me some in your next letter, that is, if you can get any...
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15. Not all children were evacuated.
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16. This is the sound of an air raid siren.
It would warn people that enemy planes were flying overhead.
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17. Families would enter air raid shelters.
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Families would enter air raid shelters.
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18. Air raid shelters were designed to protect people from bombs.
They usually had:
books, food (that could be kept) and buckets.
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19. Rationing Challenge: