Dad's evacuation

Frederick was just eight years old when he was evacuated from Liverpool to Aberaeron in Wales. He boarded a train from Lime Street station as his mother waved him off along with hundreds of children. He said he loved it. It was the best time of his childhood, leaving behind a city for the countryside, and he was lucky enough to be with a good family. His mother would travel up from Liverpool and walk across the fields in her high-heeled shoes to get to see him but he wasn't homesick at all and was safe from the bombing in the city. He later travelled back to visit the town as an adult as it had such an impact on him.