Far from the East End: the moving story of an evacuee's survival and search for home

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* Saga Magazine 'Life Story' competition winner* From the streets of London to the Welsh countryside evacuee Iris Simantel tells of her desperate search for somewhere to belong in Far From the East End . Born in 1938 under threat of looming war Iris spent her early years playing in the rubble of bombed buildings in Dagenham by day and cowering in a dusty shelter at night.

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