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Child Evacuees
In September 1939, during the first weeks of the Second World War, millions of children were sent out of Britain's cities to avoid the bombing. Most of them had no idea where they were being sent. James Roffey was just one of those children - hear his story.
(Photo: a young James Roffey)
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