Description

During the Second World War,anyone not employed in anessential occupation was evacuatedfrom certain coastal areas of Britain.This was made necessary, first, by thevery real threat of a German invasionafter the fall of France in 1940, andthen, because of the need to create asecurity zone around the British coastas the Allied forces massed for theinvasion of the Continent. In the smallcoastal town of Southwold in Suffolk, alarge Regency house was requisitionedas an army storehouse and itsvaluable contents were removed tosecure storage. The house, known asPark Villa, had been inherited by aMiss Margaret Grubbe, and wasdescribed as containing a "veritablemuseum" of furnishings.