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2008/88
Description
This small suitcase is of the type used by evacuee children during World War II.
This small suitcase is of the type used by evacuee children during World War II.
Label Text
Evacuee suitcase. This small suitcase is of the type used by evacuee children during World War II. On the 1st of September 1939 evacuated children arrived in Reading. These were children mainly from South West London, Lambeth, Battersea and Wandsworth. London was a city that suffered with pollution and many of the children may have felt a very strong difference in the City to the countryside town of Reading.
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