[JCB]

My mother used to tell me of two evacuees my grandparents had in Spring Hill .

They were two sisters , one being called Joyce McNally .

They were both from Salford .

From what my mother said , a bus with the evacuees stopped at the top of the street , and the evacuees were taken down the street to those who were willing to take them in . I don't think it was very organised , and I don't know their length of stay .

Both sisters went to St Oswald's school at the bottom of Willows Lane . I know a lady who was in the same class as Joyce at St Oswald's .

My mum and dad were married when my dad was home on leave from the army , and Joyce was one of the bridesmaids .

Later , perhaps when the war was over , my mum went to Salford to be Godmother to a baby sibling of the sisters .