Not Many Wise

London 1939-40 21st October 2009

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Peter Reason

I am an itinerate preacher in the Cambridgeshire area in the United Kingdom. A member of the Open the Book team going into schools. I started on my Faith Journey in 1976 whilst on my sandwich year from college. Since then I’ve not been restrained to any one denomination – believing that the local Church is always important. Through career moves and life changes, this has enabled me to play a part in the Assembly of God Church, Elim, various New Church Groupings, Brethren, Anglican and Baptist Churches. I am married to Jackie and we have four boisterous grandchildren.

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LONDON: 1939-40 and the very real threat of a Nazi invasion of our country. The children are in danger…

The children learning about 1940 Ration Books.
The children learning about 1940 Ration Books. By Peter Reason licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

We became part of the families in 1940 in London.

The children stepped into the shoes of the children from that era and looked at how to live our lives in a crisis.

The answer was found when we discovered that the king had called the whole nation to pray.
Then all the churches were suddenly filled with people asking God to help them in this terrible situation.

1940 Two 'mum's' discuss the Evacuation of the children.

The image to the right shows two ‘mum’s’ discuss the Evacuation of the children in 1940.

We also learnt about Ration Books from Yvonne who remembers them!

And Joe taught us all how to make different paper aeroplanes!

Children learning about the king calling for a day of prayer.
Children learning about the king calling for a day of prayer.
Children flying paper aeroplanes.
Children flying paper aeroplanes.
Children re-enacting waiting to be evacuated from London.
Children re-enacting waiting to be evacuated from London.

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