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Cranbourne Road School evacuees at Ripley station

c. 1941 · Ripley railway station, Derbyshire

A small, grainy copy of a crowded railway platform: a long line of children and adults with luggage beside a train, a station building and a lamp on the right. — Photo: Kingsthorne School (as credited on Voices of Kingstanding). Reproduced via Chris Hillcox, Voices of Kingstanding. · Select the picture to zoom and pan.

Cranbourne Road School evacuees at Ripley station. Courtesy of Kingsthorne School.

Children from Cranbourne Road (later Kingsthorne) School arriving at Ripley, Derbyshire, as evacuees during the Second World War. The Ripley & Heanor News reported in 2012 that it is likely Kingstanding evacuees arrived in 1941 and 1942 from Peckham Road, Cranbourne Road and Kingsland schools.

Notes

No date is given on Voices of Kingstanding; c. 1941 follows the 2012 newspaper article on the evacuation to Ripley.

About this place: Kingsthorne School

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