hi jan. they painted a large white cross on the tops of the british and german trains so that they could be spotted by aircraft inthe sky, germany was not allowed to bomb our trains and britain was not allowed to bomb german trains with these white painted cross on, mothers trying to be brave and telling their children they are just going on holiday and once the trains left the station they broke their hearts, my mother was a child on the train from london to wales, i can give you hundreds of websites regarding the above and real life films or is it a forum you need, if forum, because of the thousands and thousands of forums, they are all categorised and broken down to individual forums, you can read some of them, but to write on them you have to register on each one you want, they have sheffield world war 2 evacuees, then another is world war two about the jews on what it was like, another forum is about the young boys fighting in the war, some lied about their age and were only twelve years old, ceramics is another forum, b b c had one but it is now closed, but you can read all these and more forums, but to write or reply to the messages you have to register, this is my topic because of my mother, i can forward you websites and my researches and i can find you a forum, even if you wanted british evacuees, the forums are by places like london evacuees, sheffield evacuees, jewish evacuees, manchester evacuees, the canadian forum and also the australian forum you would need tissues, as they are searching for their british parents and families, as during the war children were evacuated on the ships, some of them were raped, some were worked to death on the farms and some had a wonderful life, but they are still trying to find some living relatives right to this present day, i am trying to find the family of elizabeth may williams poplar london middlesex born between 1900 to 1925, my grandmother, the mystery is my mother dipoled her name to davis or davies, perhaps elizabeth married a davis or davies, my mother said it was her real name, but i have the certificates, nothing with davis or davies on, i have done a family tree but no good if you cannot go on, maybe guide chatters can help with my mystery, will put some of the above on chat as i know a few on here love them too, it is good to share. vanessa. -----Original Message----- From: Jan - Email Address: j.jk.downes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent On: 04/06/2012 23:16 Sent To: chat guide - Email Address: guide.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [guide.chat] In answer to my Interests . Hi James,my interests include..... Social History,general History,world war 1 and 2 but not so much the campaign's as the social history side of life,,Victorian poverty,arts and crafts,national Trust properties,music from earlier times,antiques of interest,Trench art,The persecution of the Jews second world war,like to read about personal encounters of prisoner of war camps run by the Gestapo.will that do for now. I forgot,not really,I am interested in people and there hopes and inspirations I have gone on a bit,sorry but I am tired and thought that I would make this email my last for tonight. Thanks for your interest.Kind Regards Jan. PS I am also a collector of ceramics of the 1930's,and most of all I love to be outside in the great outdoors,walking and enjoying great company,that's if I can.Good Night for now