sentences:  The Nichols family left the island in 1950 and the Alliston family arrived in 1951.Author Eleanor Alliston wrote "Escape to an Island" and "Island Affair" about the life of her family on Three Hummock Island.The two books tell the story of how the Alliston family emigrated from England after the end of World War II to start a new life alone on the island in the hope of providing a better and different childhood for their children.