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Doe Lea in WW2

I arrived in Doe Lea in June 1940 with other evacuees from Lowestoft, Suffolk. I lived in Doe Lea untill 1944. At first we were not accepted by the local children, eventually we mingled and became friends, since the war have been back many times and visited various friends.
Sadly the village was razed to the ground and most of the villagers moved elsewhere.  I strolled around this summer what is now called The Brambles but nothing is the same as it was and I think every thing is spoilt.
My war-time education was at Stainsby School which stood me in good stead all my working life.
I chuckle at times when I think what us kids got up to in the wartime black out.
I think that all us ex-evacuees left a bit of ourselves in Doe Lea when we left and came back to Lowestoft.

Written by Ernie Martin. To send Ernie Martin a private message, click here.

A memory of Doe Lea in Derbyshire shared on Saturday, 18th October 2008.

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RE: RE: Doe Lea in WW2

My dad John David was born here 4.4.43, son of Walter Donson and my grannar Lilly Maud Donson of 210 Garden Row.

Comment from Steve Donson on Saturday, 4th June 2011.

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