Boyd, William (ed) Evacuation in Scotland, A Record of Events and Experiments , London: SCRE/University of London Press, 1944

First edition. Blue cloth, gilt Pagination: xvi, 224. From the library of Dr John Gamble Ian Morris (1921-2008), Scottish teacher, campaigning educationalist, civil servant and writer, one of the founders of the Scottish Educational Research Association. Contents: Evacuation in Scotland: A record; The early stages of evacuation; The parents and evacuation; Billeting in large households and institutions; The use of large houses as residential schools under the government evacuation scheme in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright; A Scottish camp school; Nerston residential clinic: an experiment in child guidance; Barns House: a hostel for difficult boys evacuated from Edinburgh; The home-study scheme in Edinburgh; The Scottish evacuation film scheme. Book: extremities bumped, endpapers lightly foxed, VG, Jacket: upper edge worn with loss, browned, VG- (Book ref. 2789 )  £ 28.00

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