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Remembrance Day special: World War II evacuee finds love for farming - 'the war was awful, but it has given me a life I would never have been exposed to without it'

In this Remembrance Day special, World War II evacuee Norma Earnshaw looks back at how something as evil as war ultimately led her to a lifetime of happiness on the farm

Katie Fallon
Livestock Specialist
clock • 8 min read
Norma was just six years old when she was evacuated to the village of Melsonby, North Yorkshire during the Second World War. It was during this time that she discovered a love for farming and horses.
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Norma was just six years old when she was evacuated to the village of Melsonby, North Yorkshire during the Second World War. It was during this time that she discovered a love for farming and horses.

The old saying goes, ‘every cloud has a silver lining' and while the Second World War was undoubtedly one of the worst humanitarian crises in British history, it led to an unexpected way of life for one...

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