I RECENTLY went to Oswaldtwistle to see if I could pinpoint where my brother and I stayed when we were evacuated from Salford in 1939.

I was 13 and my brother 12. We stayed first of all at a barber's shop in Union Road. Then we moved to a private house and a school was just around the corner.

I found more than one barber's shop on Union Road and I could not find the school.

If there are any relatives still around of the families we stayed with, I would be glad to hear from them.

EDWARD ROWBOTTOM, Weymouth Road, Winton, Eccles, Manchester M30 8NN.

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