Forties Post

A Cause for Celebration?

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19 July 2016

On 8 June 1946, George VI sent this message to every schoolchild in Britain: “To-day as we celebrate victory, I […]
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When the Ration Book Ruled!

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12 January 2010

Life with wartime shortages.
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Bolthole to the Past

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12 January 2010

Building an Anderson shelter.
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Hero in a Hurricane

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12 January 2010

A young boy’s wartime idol. One day, when I was five, I asked a fighter pilot how the undercarriage on […]
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