ALFRETON GETS NO EVACUEES. Billeting officers were at their posts at Alfreton at 10 o'clock on Tuesday in readiness to receive Nottingham evacuees, but they did not arrive. Alderman H. R. Cleaver, acting clerk to Alfreton Urban Council, had been at work with a voluntary staff for some days making arrangements for a large number of Nottingham parents and children, and he had finally arranged to receive them on Tuesday morning. Early in the morning Alderman Cleaver telephoned the Nottingham authorities to inquire about the ration baskets which had not arrived, and in a second 'phone call at 10.15 he was informed that the Nottingham children would not be evacuated to Alfreton. He was told that the evacuation arrangements were still in order up to 2 a.m., but they had to be changed. No reason was given for the non-arrival of the women and children. Teachers, billeting officers, and women workers, who had gathered at Alfreton Senior School to arrange for the children's new homes, were told of the change in arrangements by Alderman Cleaver. He also visited all the other reception posts in the urban area and informed the voluntary workers. At Ironville the voluntary workers had cups and saucers ready to give the children light refreshment.
