Collection: CHERRY, FLORRIE (MRS)

One print showing a group of child evacuees at Dawlish, Devon, in 1940. The children were from the Archbishop Sumner's Memorial School, Reedworth Street, Kennington, London, and were evacuated on 1 September 1939 as part of the government's official evacuation scheme. The teacher in the photograph is Miss Nash. Some of the children have been named. Front row, left to right: Jean Camwell, Barbara Midwinter, Mavis Miles, Marie Watts, Winnie Fisher, Florrie Simmonds (later Florrie Cherry). Second row: 'Ruth?' and Sheila Walker. The children were on a day trip from Exeter to Dawlish.