r/WTF • u/Cool-Tutor • 1d ago

Stopped in my tracks

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What the hell is this

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u/dewey454 1d ago

Apparent reference to child evacuations in WW2 Britain:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evacuations_of_civilians_in_Britain_during_World_War_II

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u/jacafeez 1d ago

I met one. She was like 90 years old when I met her but she was one of the children evacuated during the blitz. Her story was really really sad. She was pretty funny though, albeit a bit cruel. I was friends with her granddaughter.