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A London family from Peckham evacuated to Bideford in North Devon during the Second World War. D2227

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A London family from Peckham evacuated to Bideford in North Devon during the Second World War. D2227

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A London family from Peckham evacuated to Bideford in North Devon during the Second World War.
This family of 17 has been evacuated from 53 Bournemouth Road, Rye Lane, Peckham to Bideford in North Devon. They are: Mrs P Lovelock, Mrs E Lovelock, Mrs Washer (the mother), Eileen, Lily, Doreen, Kathleen and Harry Scut (grandson), Terry Washer, Maureen, Elsie, Alice, Sidney, Dorothy, Fred, Henry and Grandfather Lovelock.

The UK Ministry of Information was established in 1939, at the outbreak of World War II. It was responsible for coordinating and controlling all government information and propaganda, both within the UK and abroad. The Ministry of Information was created to help the government communicate with the public and to ensure that important information was disseminated effectively. It was also responsible for managing the media and censoring certain types of information that might be harmful to morale or national security. The Ministry of Information played a crucial role in shaping public opinion during the war, and it worked closely with other government departments to develop and implement a range of propaganda campaigns. The Ministry of Information was dissolved in 1946, following the end of World War II.

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1939 - 1945
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Imperial War Museums
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