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When I was thirteen and living in Skegby, Nottinghamshire, I remember an eight year old girl evacuee from Birmingham arriving at our house. Her name was Jean and she arrived with a luggage label tied to her coat, her gas mask and luggage in a carrier bag. My mother and I just burst into tears at the sight of this little waife.

She stayed with us for several years and as the house only had two bedrooms she shared my bed. I remember taking her for her diptheria innoculation. Her parents visited her every week but they were unable to stay. Later in the war she returned home and we lost touch.

In October 1944 I went to Liverpool University and had to stay in digs in Broadgreen. Since the hospital was nearby I chose to do some voluntary service there. When VE Day came a friend and I decided to go to a party in the hospital to celebrate. This proved to be quite boring so we took the tram down to Lime Street where the action was. We realised how far from Broadgreen we were, we decided to walk down to the Pier Head tram terminus to ensure we had a seat on the returning tram, but the last one had gone. We made a long line, arm in arm, with many other people across the road and made our way back to Broadgreen.

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