On June 2nd 1940 600 children and their teachers were evacuated from the Suffolk coastal town of Lowestoft to Glossop. All the children found homes later that day with families in Glossop. Most of the children remained with their families for four years. As a result strong friendships have evolved between people of the two towns over the years with many evacuees keeping in close touch with their host families. The Lowestoft Evacuation Committee hold an annual event to commemorate this remarkable and poignant event in Lowestoft. Evacuees and thier relatives continue to visit Glossop too. In 2010 a plaque was unveiled at Lowestoft station to mark the exodus of the evacuees.
We are hoping to hold a small event at Glossop station in June to mark the arrival of the children to Glossop. We hope to have a display and a plaque. We are working with Glossop Heritage Trust on our plans and with local evacuees who stayed on in Glossop and those who returned to Lowestoft. We hope to announce more details soon. We thank David Jones at The Glossop Chronicle for publicising our plans and for asking people with links to the Lowestoft evacuees to get in touch. We would, of course, welcome any further contacts!
We are hoping to hold a small event at Glossop station in June to mark the arrival of the children to Glossop. We hope to have a display and a plaque. We are working with Glossop Heritage Trust on our plans and with local evacuees who stayed on in Glossop and those who returned to Lowestoft. We hope to announce more details soon. We thank David Jones at The Glossop Chronicle for publicising our plans and for asking people with links to the Lowestoft evacuees to get in touch. We would, of course, welcome any further contacts!
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