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| Picture No | 12652219 |
| Date | September 1939 |
| Description | Evacuee children walking through countryside gate, Sept 1939 |
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A woman helps children through a 'kissing gate' in Somerset evacuated from south Blackfriars in London . A boy named 'Charlie' in the foreground is the first through and holds a bouquet of flowers. The group represents thousands of British children evacuated from major cities as a precaution against air raids in the first weeks of September, following the outbreak of war.
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| Source | Unattributed photograph in 'The Sphere', 16 September 1939, page 415 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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