This section includes video clips from oral history interviews, and old film footage courtesy of the Imperial War Museum and Greenpark Productions Ltd.
Important: If you are accessing this site from a school network that filters video streaming sites such as Vimeo or YouTube, then you will not be able to play the oral history video clips. You will be able to access the Greenpark and IWM film clips.
Any schools unable to access Vimeo can obtain a free dvd containing all the oral history clips from Cornwall Record Office by using the email form on the contacts page.
Danny Green shares his memories of remaining in Cornwall after the evacuation had ended.
Twin sisters, Pam Scown and Pat Walker, share their memories of leaving London for the Westcountry.
Pauline Jackson Cocking shares her memories of leaving London for "a safe place" in the summer of 1940.
Twin sisters, Pam Scown and Pat Walker, share their memories about going to the pictures.
Pam Scown and Mrs. Pat Walker share their memories of the sick bay for evacuees.
Elsie Trevorrow shares her memories of caring for an little evacuee girl from London.
Clip of original footage from public information film, 'Living with Strangers'