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My Father John Clifford Evans was born May 19th 1900. There are doubts about the middle name Clifford. I know he was dragged around the Worcestershire Country side nypossibly his fathe who used to work on different farms topping nd tailing Swedes and turnips etc and my Dad had to work wuth whoever with them. His mothe may have had one or to different partners. Main pointis he then was put into the Orphanage in { Josiah Mason } at some time because he remembered how he had to scrub the floors with other youngsters. He must have left by the time he was 17 as he went into the RFC in 1918 which became the RAF. I would dearly love to trace the perod he was at the Orphanage if thats possible. I’m now 84 and my brother is 86. Our father was a great man. Je educated himself, was an avid reader and taught us so much about life. We both served in the RAF in ww2 , myself in Bomber Command and my brother in the Far East in Ceylon. During the terrible recession of th late 1920’s and early thirties our mother lost her sight, BUT for all their suffering and hardships they taught us about loyalty and truth. Our father was the first unemployed man to broadcast on the BBC in 1933 and his speech is in a book called `Time to Spare `. I want our grandchildren to know as much as we can tell them to show how you can overcome awful obstacles in life if you try hard enough If you can’t help. perhaps you could direct me to a website where I can delve deeper. Desmond Evans http://www.mybook4you.co.uk

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