First of all, a little background information. At the outbreak of war, children from London and its suburbs were evacuated to Kent towns, such as Ashford; among them my own cousin, who came from Erith to live with us. Erith County School were sharing Ashford Grammar School in the same way that we later shared with Witney Grammar.
In the spring of 1940, when the war became active and the Germans overran much of Western Europe, it became clear that an invasion was a serious possibility and all the evacuees were hastily relocated. Erith County went to Maidenhead and to Whitland in Pembs. Kent was clearly a potential trouble area and Ashford was a major rail communications centre which was a probable target, so in due course it was decided to give children from this part of the country the opportunity to be evacuated.
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