Personal Memories
The memories of people who lived through a time period or event in history are useful sources that enable us to investigate the past.
1. As a class read ‘Personal memories - Paul Fitton’ and ‘Personal Memories - Betty Cowley’. Both these accounts are memories from people who remember WWII evacuees staying with them and their families.
- How did they feel about the evacuees?
- Discuss with the pupils how they would feel if an evacuee came to stay at their house.
2. As a class read the document ‘Personal Memories - Elizabeth Mossman’ to find out the thoughts of a wartime evacuee.
- How did she feel about being evacuated?
- Discuss with the pupils how they would feel if they had been evacuation and lived with a new family away from their parents and friends.
Activity: Ask pupils to imagine they are wartime evacuees and write a letter home to describe their feelings and tell their family about their experiences as an evacuee.
Personal Memories - Betty Cowley
Extract from Call Back Yesterday, written by Betty Cowley, Sturton by Stow.
Personal Memories – Elizabeth Mossman
Letter written by Elizabeth Mossman for a competition in the News Chronicle.
Personal Memories - Paul Fitton
Extract from Call Back Yesterday, written by Pat Sharp from Lincoln.
