Before the Last All Clear never started out being written as a book in the traditional sense of things. Ray Evans hadn’t written anything even remotely approaching “creative” since he left school at the tender age of 14. However, his family recognized that he was in their words a “master story teller” in every sense […]
The King’s Speech & Our George’s too…
I saw the movie The King’s Speech last night and found it enjoyable and very interesting. As I sat there watching the film, I couldn’t help thinking about my late brother George, how he suffered with his own dreadful stammer, and how he went through life always “struggling for words”. George died in 1980, and […]
Fear of Flying!
We’re off to England in a few weeks to attend our eldest Grandson’s wedding; something we’ve been looking forward to all year. The only snag is – I’m not and never have been overly keen on flying. Mind you, I’m also not nearly as bad as I used to be, say, ten or fifteen years […]
Buy A Signed Copy – Before The Last All Clear
Synopsis During World War II around three and a half million British people were evacuated away from possible air raids in the big cities in one of the largest social upheavals Great Britain has ever seen. The Government evacuation program was named Operation Pied Piper. Many of the evacuees were children. Journeys from the cities […]
Ray Evans on WHRO – What Matters
This Thanksgiving finds many families telling family stories at the dinner table. Some stories are tall tales and others are rich chapters of extraordinary experience. On this episode of What Matters we have two incredible and inspirational stories to share with you. At age 6, Ray Evans’ escape wasn’t by his own choice. In 1933, Nazi […]