But most were from immigrant families from Pakistan living in the East End of London.
The tiny evacuees, many from London's impoverished East End, were not always eagerly received.
Dunfermline's East End Park passed a Saturday morning pitch inspection ahead of Stenhousemuir's visit.
We were off to far east end of the course near a parking area.
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Infant mortality in the East End of London is twice as high as in Surrey.
The main stadium is in the neighborhood of Stratford, on the far East End.
He and Craig Levein were born within a few miles of East End Park.
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Organisers also pledged to regenerate the poor East End of London with jobs and homes.
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George Ralston Wyllie was born in Shettleston in Glasgow's east end on Hogmanay 1921.
Of course, this version of the Krays, and the East End, is a nostalgic delusion.
This East End boy did not wear his learning, or his polyglottal talents, lightly.
Lights at the east end of the tunnel in St Helier are the next to be replaced.
"Piping Plover Tastes Like Chicken" goes the bumper sticker occasionally sighted on the East End of Long Island.
Set in London's East End in the 1950s, it stars newcomer Jessica Raine, Miranda Hart and Jenny Agutter.
But estate resident Brian Whelan said firing the missiles "would shower debris across the east end of London".
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Glasgow's east end has been a Labour stronghold for almost as long as the Labour Party has existed.
Inspired by the gritty East End of London, the work touches on issues like corruption, patriotism, sex and religion.
Dalmarnock station, in the city's east end, will resume services on 20 May.
Her books recalled her work and life in the East End of London as a midwife in the 1950s.
It maintains strong involvement with the surrounding community by hosting a two-yearly showcase of artists from the East End.
Glenalmond Street, in the east end of Glasgow, has been using geothermal energy for 10 years, heating 17 homes.
No one's sure yet what the Olympics will mean for the East End.
Dunfermline's First Division game against Falkirk was called off on Sunday after East End Park failed a pitch inspection.
The carriageway is part of a three-phase development to improve road infrastructure in the east end of the city.
He chose the latter and Pars fans could be forgiven for dreaming of European football returning to East End Park.
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"Mr. Bennett was a man of integrity, intelligence, courage, perseverance and he was an East End bookmaker, " the actor says.
Edinburgh City Council leader Donald Anderson said the opening of the store would help regenerate the Scottish capital's east end.
The brutal attack took place behind the Celtic Supporters Club on London Road, in the east end of the city.
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In 1984, he lost libel action against the BBC after Radio 4 called him "an East End boy made bad".
They clawed their way out of the poverty of the bombed-out post-war East End, and were devoted to their family.
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