In the autumn of 1939 at the outbreak of the second world war, the women of Bedford College, University of London, considered themselves 'in exile' when they were evacuated to the University of Cambridge. They were not to be diverted from their studies however, and were equally determined in their pursuit of alternative, if temporary, college rooms.
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(All images courtesy of Bedford College)

'By the waters of Granta I sat down and wept.' 'A silly thing to do,' I was told by people more adaptable than myself. No doubt they were right; Cambridge has received us with a generous hospitality calculated to dispell any feelings that we are interlopers.
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