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"Dad walked determinedly down the road, signed up with by two neighbours with five children between them. Even as reached the area of Kent Avenue, I viewed back for just one last influx. But Mum possessed buried her mind in her pinny and it was a season before I noticed her again." In June 1940, 10-year-old Pam Hobbs and her sister Iris took the long journey using their council home in Leigh-on-Sea to faraway rural Derbyshire. Living from Mum and Dad for just two long years, Pam was migrated between four foster homes. In some, she and Iris found another family, with newborns to provide for, car rides and picnics, and a good pet pig. But other billets took a more sinister turn, as the people found it easy to exploit the kids in their attention. Time for Essex, things could not be the same again, and the warfare was far from over. Making do with rations, dodging bombs and helping with the warfare effort, Pam and her family battled to manage. In Don't Ignore to Write, with warmth and vivid details, Pam describes a time that was packed with frustrating hardship and devastatio - yet also of kindness and humour, resilience and courage.
