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The Second World War Years
Another Chapter Mrs Booth after two years left me and went to Burnham again, just as war came in 1939. So now the flat had to be put in order, costing £20, as it was rather dirty after two years of Mrs Booth.
My sister Flossie took the rooms upstairs and came in October 1939. Before this I had five little boy evacuees, all about seven years old; all clean and nice, also Miss Archer came with them so it was not quite so difficult. It is good to be busy and I loved it. After five days I only had one left and Archer.
The work proved a little too much and I began to be ill with heart strain. We could not blame the children; it was the result of three years' shock and hard work. Now I rest very much October onwards, and now it is June 1940. Flossie proved very kind. I stayed with her upstairs till I got better, and in November I went for four weeks to Annadale, and left Floss and Rosa to themselves. It was better so, though I felt leaving my own house. Still I could not work, so I let my part of the house for eight weeks. After that I was strong enough to return and have my own again. I engaged a small maid, 14½, to wait on me; she is still with me in June.
Winnie and Tom (Macdowell) come when they can from London, always kind and thoughtful and generous. I love to have them. The war is too big a thing to speak of - past understanding. And now I look forward to July when Win and Tom will D.V. come again. Howard and Gwen came for two weeks in June - their holiday. They must enjoy it to the full.
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Evelyn lived in 12 Clarence Grove Road, Weston-super-mare, until her death on 17 January 1964. Howard and his second wife Margaret came to live not far away, and Hilary was born after the war. Stanley and his wife Lydie, with Peter, Joan and Anne,who had escaped from Singapore and spent the war years in Australia, came to visit immediately after the war, and Martin and David came over from Ireland to visit at the same time. Evelyn visited Martin and his family in Ireland soon afterwards. Evelyn's grandsons Peter, David and Robert, all went to school in Monkton Combe near Bath, and enjoyed visiting her in Weston at Half Term holiday - there were no opportunities to get away from boarding school at other times in those days. Evelyn was a well known member of Emmanuel Church in Weston.
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