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The Wartime House
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Author : Mike Brown
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2005-10-31
The Wartime House written by Mike Brown and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-10-31 with History categories.
What was it like to live in Britain during the Second World War? What kind of house did the average family live in? How did people cope with the ever-present threat of air-raids, not to mention the hardship of food and clothes rationing? How was a typical suburban home built? What were the choices open to householders when it came to interior decoration and furnishing? How did the war affect the domestic routines of an average household? The demands of a nation at war had many other far-reaching effects on the average home. How did women cope with bringing up a family single-handedly after their husbands were conscripted for military service? How did they use the rations and keep up their families spirits? What was it like to 'Make do and Mend' or 'Dig for Victory', or to sleep in an Anderson shelter? By looking at the lives of ordinary people who inhabited the semi-detached world of suburbia, Mike Brown and Carol Harris have painted a vivid picture of daily life on the Home Front in wartime Britain.
The Wartime House
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
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The 1940s House
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Author : Juliet Gardner
language : en
Publisher: Channel 4 Book
Release Date : 2002
The 1940s House written by Juliet Gardner and has been published by Channel 4 Book this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
Fifty-five years after the end of the Second World War, the Hymers family moved into a 1940s house in Kent under the skies where the Battle of Britain was fought. The family experienced many different aspects of life on the home front. Juliet Gardiner draws on the letters and diaries of many home front veterans as well as the experiences of the Hymer family to create a unique insight into life in Britain during the Second World War.
Daily Life In A Wartime House
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Author : Laura Wilson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Daily Life In A Wartime House written by Laura Wilson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
Requisitioned
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Author : John Martin Robinson
language : en
Publisher: Aurum Press
Release Date : 2014-05-06
Requisitioned written by John Martin Robinson and has been published by Aurum Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-06 with categories.
Requisitioned analyses twenty houses around Britain, who endured a number of varying wartime roles â?? whether they be hospitals, storage areas, troops billets, headquarters for senior staff, or seats of foreign governments in exile. Supported with a wealth of wartime imagery, as well as personal collections from those that resided in the houses, this is a welcome tribute to the country houses that were requisitioned by Churchillâ??s government to serve their country. We all know of Bletchley Parkâ??s role in the war â?? a Victorian mansion and its grounds leased by the Ministry of Defence in the late 1930s and turned into the world-famous codebreaking centre. But Bletchley Park was the rule, rather than the exception â?? countless stately homes were requisitioned, acquired by, or lent to the war effort for all sorts of purposes: military command centres, barracks, hospitals, to house the nationâ??s art collections out of range of the German bombers, listening and monitoring centres (Hanslope Park, Chicksands Priory and Beaumanor Hall all feature in The Secret Listeners), as HQ for MI5, evacuated schools, or even, as in the case of Badminton House, an unwilling refuge for Queen Mary, who arrived with vast retinue unannounced one day and stayed for the duration of the war. Requisitioned, will tell the stories of many famous, and some obscure country houses before, during and after World War Two. In quite a few cases the war did for the house altogether: at Egginton Hall in Derbyshire departing troops left all the taps on and the resultant flooding rought the ceilings down and rotted the woodwork forcing its demolition. Both Shillinglee in Sussex and Appeldurcombe on the Isle of Wight were burnt out by the Canadian or Australian troops billeted there (the latter remains a shell preserved by English Heritage). In other cases like Chicksands or Southwick in Hampshire the house was lost to the military for good, the former saw its estate disfigured by Nissen huts and transmitter masts. For many country houses the pre-war heyday was not matched by the post-war era â?? Wentworth Woodhouse saw its estate grounds opencast-mined; Mentmore saw its contents sold off to pay death duties. Bletchley Park, however â?? a thoroughly undistinguished mansion architecturally â?? has found belated celebrity thanks to its wartime role, though its estate is gone for good as a consequence to the military huts built in the grounds. Certainly in many cases, after the war the house was never the same again.
Life In A Wartime House
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Author : Brian Williams
language : en
Publisher: Pitkin Unichrome, Limited
Release Date : 2011-04-01
Life In A Wartime House written by Brian Williams and has been published by Pitkin Unichrome, Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-01 with Great Britain categories.
Life in a wartime house
The Country House
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Author : Caroline Seebohm
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
The Country House written by Caroline Seebohm and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with categories.
A Little House In War Time
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Author : Agnes Castle
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1916
A Little House In War Time written by Agnes Castle and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1916 with World War, 1914-1918 categories.
How We Lived Then
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Author : Norman Longmate
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2010-01-26
How We Lived Then written by Norman Longmate and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-26 with History categories.
Although nearly 90% of the population of Great Britain remained civilians throughout the war, or for a large part of it, their story has so far largely gone untold. In contrast with the thousands of books on military operations, barely any have concerned themselves with the individual's experience. The problems of the ordinary family are barely ever mentioned - food rationing, clothes rationing, the black-out and air raids get little space, and everyday shortages almost none at all. This book is an attempt to redress the balance; to tell the civilian's story largely through their own recollections and in their own words.
The Wartime Garden
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Author : Twigs Way
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2015-02-10
The Wartime Garden written by Twigs Way and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-10 with History categories.
This War is a Food War...' In 1941 Lord Woolton, Minister for Food, was determined that the Garden Front would save England: 'Dig for Victory' was the slogan, digging for dinner the reality. With food imports dwindling the number of allotments grew, millions opted to 'Spend an Hour with a Hoe' instead of an hour in a queue, and the upper classes turned lawns, tennis courts and stately gardens over to agriculture. The national diet was transformed, with swedes grown in the place of oranges and hapless children sucking on carrot lollies; evacuees grew their own meals and bomb sites sprouted allotments. Vegetables ruled the airwaves with Mr Middleton's 'In Your Garden' whilst Home Guard potatoes became the favourites of the Kitchen Front. This is a fully illustrated look at the time when gardening saved Britain.