Shooting Butts Camp School, Rugeley

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Date:1940 - 1945 (c.)

Description:Evacuee boys looking after pigs at Shooting Butts School. Wearing shorts and overseeing the boys is George Lygo.

Shooting Butts Camp School, Penkridge Bank Road, Rugeley was opened in May1940 for evacuee boys from Birmingham. There was also a similar Camp School for girls at Pipewood, Blithbury. Together, the schools offered places for about 240 pupils from Birmingham and the surrounding areas.

Photograph copyright the Express and Star.

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World War Two Wars & Campaigns War & Armed Forces Teachers & Staff Schools School Children & Students Livestock Farming Evacuees Educational Buildings & Grounds Education Agriculture & Countryside

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