A 'Case for Evacuation' is the name Harry and Edna use for their 'show & tell' lecture and / or living history diorama based on evacuation.

At the start of the war the aerial threat from German bombers made the British Government seek ways to keep children safe. Thus parents were encouraged to evacuate their children. This meant that millions of children were taken by train from their homes in the city, to the countryside where it was hoped they would be safe from the bombs.

Our workshop is based on 'Horace the

evacuee' and features the items his mother packed in his suitcase. During the war some children took very little in their suitcases, leaving home with hardly any clothes and no other personal belongings. Some were slightly luckier with a few more clothes and maybe a toy and a book.

With so many children being evacuated the trains were very full thus each child was limited to the amount of luggage he or she could carry.

In addition to our 'Case for Evacuation' workshop we can also re create an Evacuee Dispersal Post diorama in either an existing room or we can use our period wartime tents. The evacuation post is displayed with period toys, an office and period artefacts.

The Evacuation Dispersal Post diorama is one of our most requested dioramas because children identify with children from the war and the older visitor enjoys seeing period toys from their own childhood.

The Evacuation Dispersal Post also makes an excellent backdrop for performing our other scenarios.

Due to our experience of the subject of evacuation Harry played the part of  the Home Guardsman in the children's BBC TV series 'Evacuation' and Edna sourced many of the household items used in the production.