Not a subject that will get a lot of attention but a new book " Knitskreig: A Call To Yarns" by Joyce Meader published by Uniform Press, explores...
Apologies if this has already been posted elsewhere but if you follow this link......
Christmas 1940 on the British Home Front Christmas 1940 was a very different time from anything that took place earlier, or since. It is a time...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwF9AUs-iHU http://www.britishpathe.com/video/a-tribute-to-women/query/clothes+coupons Several shots of the...
On Saturday 22nd February 1941 in an air raid that killed 3 civilians a parachute mine was dropped. An AA gun crew fired and punctured the...
Hi All, My wife has a habit of buying what she calls "boxes of tat" at local general auctions and occasionally she turns up some interesting...
Collection is also hosted on vimeo (direct links don't seem to work for me) http://vimeo.com/ British Council website...
Recently I've been researching the German clandestine radio stations and the British renegades who broadcast on them and wrote the scripts. The...
Another link from the BBC website showing the role played by women back at home during the years of WW1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01p329t
The attachment shows my fathers service record. 13 Aug 1940 - he was attached to 182nd Inf Bde. 23 Nov 1940 - he was posted to 182nd Inf Bde 10...
Does anyone know roughly how widespread the illegal avoidance of enlistment was? You often see the 'spiv' type character portrayed on tv who...
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Article written by my grandfather in 1940.
BBC - History - Christmas 1940 (pictures, video, facts & news)
Hello, i'm new to this site but i am in need of your assistance. I am a history degree student and i'm about to start my third year of...
Video: Unseen images of Manchester Christmas Blitz - Telegraph plus London Blitz Video: Rare footage of London in the Blitz found in attic -...
I got this today (shh, don't tell Nick) and I'm surprised what a weighty read it is. Has anybody read it as it looks like a comprehensive book on...
From The Times, Thursday, May 2, 1940: [ATTACH] ENEMY CRASH AT CLACTON TWO DEAD AND 156 INJURED HAVOC OF HEINKEL MINE-LAYER CLACTON, MAY 1 A...
Hiya paul Johnson Just as a matter of interest, are all the people on the bottom of your post, family members? Paulyb102
Does anyone know if there any books that cover the types of helmets used on the Home Front in the UK during WW2? I'm interested in starting a...
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