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Evacuation
A Memory of Netherseal.
I was evacuated to The Old Hall, Netherseal with my sister June. We were taken to the Village Hall to be 'picked' by a family and were lucky enough to be taken in by the Manners at The Old Hall.
Since then I have been back and found it quite a blow to find the graves of our hosts in the churchyard.
There was a wall surrounding the property by the roadside and we used to sit up there to the detriment of our dresses, or go up to the shop for a happorth of sweets. Rolling down the sloping grass to the lake/pond? was such fun (apart from the duck muck). We had our own nursery would you believe, and normally ate in the kitchen (I think the housekeeper was a Mrs Parkes) except on special occasions when we'd eat in the dining room with Mr and Mrs Manners. I can still see in my mind's eye the sight of the silver platter with a domed top containing the hot buttered toast.
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