Parents' Now Strangers Escorts- who travelled back to Liverpool recently with several hundred evacuees returning from Wales had in many cases, to act as interbecause to the parents their children spoke in a foreign tongue. Those children had been in Wales for so long they could speak only Welsh- Many did not want to leave Wales, and had to be torn away from .their billets. Evan Davies-, ot Talgareg } Cardiganshire, travelled all way to Liverpool with a boy and girl to see it' he could persuade Their parents, to let him keep them. And then he had to act as interpreter for their father and mothei who were not recognised by the children. Another seven year old boy* looked blankly at the woman who met him. He then declared in Welsh: "I don't know you." It had taken him' only lour years to forget. his language—and his mother.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BPB19450116.2.42
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 40, 16 January 1945, Page 7
Word count
Tapeke kupu
148Untitled Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 40, 16 January 1945, Page 7
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Beacon Printing and Publishing Company is the copyright owner for the Bay of Plenty Beacon. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Beacon Printing and Publishing Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in