Wartime summer : true stories of love, life and loss on the British Home Front
Taggart, Caroline, 1954-2019
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We take summer holidays for granted but, back in the 1940s, the picture was very different. War had gripped Britain. Wave after wave of bombs fell, beaches were closed off, and petrol was rationed by the forbidding question, 'Is your journey really necessary?' But the summer days (with double summer time) seemed to go on forever, war or no war - and British families were determined to make the best of their paralyzed country. For evacuated children, this meant freedom that is unimaginable today: wandering at will, discovering wildlife in fields and ponds, foraging from orchards and hedgerows and swimming in the streams. Elsewhere, country estates were requisitioned for the war efforts, the tennis courts given over for training and the Lord and Lady of the manor sent packing! In this book, Caroline Taggart shows us how Britons succeeded in keeping up spirits in spite of the constant devastation of battle.
Main title:
Wartime summer : true stories of love, life and loss on the British Home Front / Caroline Taggart.
Author:
Taggart, Caroline, 1954-, author
Imprint:
London : John Blake Publishing, 2019.
Collation:
288 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781789461244 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2241839