{"id":263,"date":"2019-11-11T22:06:49","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T22:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/archives-alive\/?p=263"},"modified":"2020-04-01T13:01:57","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T13:01:57","slug":"5-brighton-railway-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/5-brighton-railway-station\/","title":{"rendered":"5. Brighton Railway Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"audio-style\">\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-263-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Behind-the-Front-5.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Behind-the-Front-5.mp3\">https:\/\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Behind-the-Front-5.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Enter the station through the side entrance on Stroudley Road. Walk through the main atrium and under the &#8216;Welcome to Brighton&#8217; sign to get to the Queens Road where, after this stop, the walk will continue.<\/p>\n<p>Brighton started the war as a reception area [for evacuees], receiving children from London. In 1940, as a front-line town, it became an evacuation area and sent some of its children away to the north. Rita Packham was one of those evacuated.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;When our teacher at St Mark&#8217;s School in Arundel Road told us that we were going to be <\/em><em>evacuated, none of us knew what she meant. I think we thought that it was a bit like a <\/em><em>long annual Sunday School outing. We thought it was exciting, so why was my mother crying?<\/em><em>&#8220;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;<\/em><em>After a while my father took me home. I still cringe when I hear stories of other <\/em><em>evacuees as some of them were badly treated. It is one of the worst memories of my life <\/em><em>time, I am sure my mother never realised how unhappy I was.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_408\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-408\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-408 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Evacuees-in-Brighton.jpg?resize=300%2C216&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of evacuees meeting their host family\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Evacuees-in-Brighton.jpg?resize=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Evacuees-in-Brighton.jpg?resize=768%2C553&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Evacuees-in-Brighton.jpg?resize=1024%2C737&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Evacuees-in-Brighton.jpg?w=1199&amp;ssl=1 1199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Introducing evacuees to a new home in Brighton, 1939. Royal Pavilion &amp; Museums.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From the station&#8217;s front entrance, continue South down Queens Road towards the seafront. Pass the Clock Tower and into West Street, stopping just after the old church on the corner of Russell Road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Enter the station through the side entrance on Stroudley Road. Walk through the main atrium and under the &#8216;Welcome to Brighton&#8217; sign to get to the Queens Road where, after this stop, the walk will continue. Brighton started the war as a reception area [for evacuees], receiving children from London. 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