1940S CHILDHOOD BY JAMES MARSH
A 1940s Childhood : From Bomb Sites to Children's Hour
By:Marsh, James
Publisher:The History Press Ltd
Imprint:The History Press Ltd
ISBN/EAN:0752499505 / 9780752499505
Format:Paperback
Pagination:224 pages, 30 black & white illustrations
Dimensions:174 x 111 mm
Country of Pub.:United Kingdom
Pub Date:13/05/2014
Do you remember collecting shrapnel and listening to Children's Hour? Carrying gas masks or sharing your school with evacuees from the city? The 1940s was a time of great challenge for everyone who lived through it. From the hardships and fear of a World War, with Britain's towns and cities were being bombed on an almost nightly basis, to the trauma of being parted from ones parents and sent away to the country to live with complete strangers. For just over half of this decade the war continued, meaning food and clothing shortages became a way of life.
But through it all, and afterwards, the simplicity of kids shone through. From collecting bits of shot down German aircraft to playing in bomb-strewn streets, kids made their own fun. Then there was the joy of the second half of this decade when fathers came home and fun things started up again.
This trip down memory lane will take you through the most memorable and evocative experiences of growing up in the 1940s.
