S01 - E16: Meanwhile, in London...
While Eric and Kitty were evacuated from London for three years at the start of the Second World War, his parents and young brother back in London were faced with the Blitz. Eric describes what happened during that time and the signs of war he found when he and Kitty returned.
S01 - E15: Kitty's time in Wales
Eric's sister, Kitty, enjoyed her life as an evacuee in Wales. Their mother had sent them away from London to be safe, but when she visited as the months stretched into years, she keenly felt the distance from her daughter.
S01 - E14: Uncle John was a Miner
Eric recalls his foster father when he was evacuated to Wales telling him about life working in the pit.
S01 - E13: The war becomes real
The London Blitz began on 7 September 1940. It was covered in the news reports and Eric was proud when his mother visited and shared stories with the Welsh foster families looking after evacuees like him. But as the war became real, life changed for the evacuees and the locals they lived with.
S01 - E12: A London Vaccy in Wales
Newly fostered in a small mining town in Wales, Eric soon found the historic resentment of the miners towards the strike-breaking London Government caused friction between some of the Welsh children and the London evacuees.
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