From the heavily blitzed streets of Portsmouth to the relative tranquillity of the Isle of Wight just a few miles across the Solent, this is the personal recollection of an evacuee on the island through the eyes of a young boy. A warm tale of everyday life, from the tenderness of his first love to horror of the air attacks, Stan gently remembers ‘How It Felt’ and how he, and his family dealt with the various situations they were faced with through the dark years between 1935 - 1945.