"REUNION DAY"
EVACUATION AREAS
PARENTS AND CHILDREN
MEET AGAIN
(Britisli Official Wireless.).
(Received December 5, 10 a.m.)
RUGBY, December 4.
"Reunion Day" passed off.: happily and successfully when some 5000 parents and friends visited children in thtf safe areas. Many special trains left London, taking visitors to. towns in the reception areas, and queues for the trains formed as early as 7 o'clock. . ■ At all stations within the areas groups of happy children expectantly awaited the. train. 'For many it was the first meeting with parents since the outbreak of war. For those situated at a distance from the railway, motorbus and private car fleets were organised and parties reminiscent of Christmas were held.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 135, 5 December 1939, Page 10
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"REUNION DAY"
Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 135, 5 December 1939, Page 10
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