| Evacuation to Stibbington
re-created today
Evacuation Day at Stibbington
Information for evacuees:
Children who are being
evacuated to Stibbington Centre for a day should try to dress like children did
in the 1940s. These drawings show what children looked like, and the notes
below give some suggestions about what you might wear.
Clothes:
Everyone should wear:
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Shoes, boots or wellies (not trainers)
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Woollen jumper or cardigan (not sweatshirt)
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Shirt or blouse (not t-shirt)
Boys should wear a cap or woollen hat and they should have
knee-length trousers.
Girls should wear a beret, headscarf or woollen hat and a
knee-length dress or skirt.
On cold or wet days everyone should have a warm or waterproof
coat. This is important because the programme for the day includes a walk
through the “wartime countryside”. A modern coat will be fine if you don’t have
an “old style” one. For very cold days scarf, gloves and thick socks are useful
too.
Other things to bring:
At school you will be making a gas mask box and a luggage label
to bring with you.
From home you should choose either
or
- Make yourself a
parcel which you can pretend contains your favourite toys that you have chosen
to take with you when you are evacuated. The parcel should be quite small, eg
shoe box or ice cream container size, and it should be wrapped in brown paper
and tied with string.
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