Wartime summer : true stories of love, life and loss on the British Home Front /
by Taggart, Caroline.
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BookPublisher: London : John Blake, [2020]Description: xiii, 322 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781789461244 (pbk.) :; 1789461243 (pbk.) :.Classification number: 306.4812 TAGSubject(s): Vacations -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century -- Anecdotes | World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- Anecdotes | Travel and Tourism | Travel and Tourism | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945 -- AnecdotesSummary: 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 paralysed 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.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book - Adult Paperback | Formby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 306.4812 TAG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 003091799X |
Originally published: 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 paralysed 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.
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