The following article comes form a copy of The Crusader Eighth Army Weekly newspaper, It just wasn't the servicemen and women doing their bit for King and Country. This may bring happy memerois to anyone sent to one of these camps. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There'll be no talk of country cousins by the big town boys and girls of Britain when this war is over. War has brought the children of the industrial and metropolitain areas to the country. camp schools, now firmly established throughout Britain teach them the craft of the country folk. Camps are self supporting, made so by the children. surrounding land is transformed into vegetable plots, spaces between huts become landscape gardens. In camp workshops boys and girls make furniture and shoes. Others rear rabbits and poultry. Camps have their own Scout troops and Guide companies. Normal education goes on as usual. While women are busy in the factories more than 1,000 war nurseries take care of the babies. These have proved so successful that another 500 will shortly be open. Surrounding this article are various pictures. A couple of lad taking a morning Cold shower and by the looks on their little faces it looks COLD! A class being held outside having nature lessons in the field, a far cry from the bricks and mortar. Some boys constructing bean sticks for their anticipated crop. Some lads mending shoes "No need for father to be down on his uppers after the war". A boy tending his tomatoes :- "Before the war he thought of tomatoes in terms of things that came from Covent garden in paper bags. Now he grows his own and watches in pride as they ripen". ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Does anyone know of anyone that attened one of these camps/nurseries, that can add any of their own personl memerios. Also does anyone recall or have any information on the Rabbit trains that came down from Norfolk to supplement the meat rations? I once went ferreting with an old gamekeeper who spoke of these. I hope this is of some interest. Regards Kieron
