Gillian Mawson, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/author/gillianmawson/ Fri, 27 Sep 2013 07:32:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 How Guernsey Evacuees Changed My Life https://booksbywomen.org/how-guernsey-evacuees-changed-my-life-by-gillian-mawson/ https://booksbywomen.org/how-guernsey-evacuees-changed-my-life-by-gillian-mawson/#comments Sun, 01 Sep 2013 04:00:47 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=9104 In May 2008 I was an administrator at the University of Manchester and also a part time history student. One day whilst working in a Manchester archive, I discovered that over 17,000 Guernsey evacuees had arrived in England in June 1940, just before the Nazis invaded their island. I was totally astounded! I knew that […]

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