AN EVACUEES POEM

Do you remember a red roofed school
A handful of shell for your sums?
They gave you a Mickey Mouse gas mask
And a pack of American gum.
Do you recall when your dad was on leave,
Dancing around like Astair?
They dressed you up like Shirly Temple
With a big ribbon bow in your hair.
At night sleeping under the table
While bombers droned over your heads,
And granny said "Won't it be lovely,
when we can sleep safe in our beds",
One day they said " The War's over!"
Grannie sang of the Alley and 'Sal'.
When Vera sang 'White Cliffs of Dover'
And the bells rang 'for me and my gal'.

As written by Joan Toller who holds the copyright.

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BEHIND THE LINES.

Spitfires and Blenheims.

Said the bells of St Clements

Aren’t built for five farthings

Said the bells of St Martins

Donations I pray ye

Said the bells of old bailey

On account o the blitz

Said the bells of Shoreditch

Downhearted? Not we

Said the bells of Stepney

Lord love yer no, no,

Boomed the big bell of bow.

With apologies to all who know that great old song Oranges & Lemons

SKIPPING SONGS

1.

Underneath the churchyard 6ft deep,

There lies Hitler Fast asleep,

All the little mice come and tickle his feet,

Neath the churchyard 6ft deep,

2.

Who that knocking at the window,

Who that knocking at the door,

If it’s Hitler, let him in,

And we’ll sit him on a pin,

And we won’t see old Hitler anymore

A SINGING GAME

We all know the song “The Grand Old Duke of York” Have you ever sang it as a game?

Here goes

The 1^st time sing the song properly.

The 2^nd time sing the song but JUST miss out the word “UP.”

The 3^rd time sing the song but JUST miss out the word “DOWN “

The 4^th time sing the song but this time miss out the words “UP “and “DOWN”

Now the really hard bit!

Hum the song just singing the words” UP and DOWN”.

Now see how many you can catch out by singing it wrong.

Original 1940s Party Games.

BALLOON GAME

Pick two sides.Stretch a piece of string between two chairs about two or three feet from the ground.Now each side must kneel opposite each other on either side of the string.The referee drops a balloon over the string and the game starts.The players have to hit the balloon with the back of the hand, never leaving their places.The object is, of course, not to let the balloon fall on the floor on your own side of the string.If this happens it scores a point to the other side.Before starting it should be decided for how many points the game is to be played, and the side who first gains this number are, of course, the winners.

The Snake’s Tail

The children line up according to size, the tallest heading the line, and the smallest bringing up the rear. Each child grasps the belt of the child in front of him, and thus the snake” is formed. The largest child tries to catch the smallest child, which the others try to prevent by twisting and turning and keeping in a way of the snake head. On no account must they let go of the child in front, for if they do they have to drop out of the snake “body” and then must look on. This is lots of fun and the children have a great time dashing about trying to keep the snake from catching its own tail.

CHILDRENS RECIPES

CARROT COOKIES

YOU WILL NEED 

1 Tablespoon of margarine

2 Tablespoons sugar and a little extra for sprinkling on top of your cakes

Few drops of vanilla, almond, or orange flavouring.

4 Tablespoon grated raw carrot

6 Tablespoons of self raising flour

If using plain flour put in ½ teaspoons baking power

Method 

Cream the fat and sugar together until it is light and fluffy.

Beat in the flavouring and the carrot.

Then fold in the flour or flour and baking power.

Drop spoonfuls of the mixture into small greased patty pans.

Sprinkle the tops with sugar and bake in a brisk oven for about 20 minutes.