THIS September will mark the 80th anniversary of the start of the Second World War in 1939 and one of the first major events seen in Ulverston was the arrival of 400 evacuee children from Salford at the railway station.
They were all found temporary homes with South Cumbrian families and in 1989 almost 50 of them came back to their second home for a reunion.
The Mail, on September 11, in 1989, noted: "Wartime music played as the evacuees sat down to share memories and a meal straight out of the ration day recipe books."
It said that classes of up to 70 children were common in wartime Ulverston — due to the new arrivals and soldiers taking over Hart Street school.
Among those returning to Ulverston for the day was evacuee Norma Davidson, then called Harris and aged just eight.
She said: "We were all at the Coronation Hall with a brown paper bag of goodies left for each of us.
"I can remember a bar of dark chocolate. I didn't like it and have never eaten any since."
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