Forties Post

We look at many aspects of this pivotal decade of the 20th Century, with stories from the home front and of those serving overseas, plus a comprehensive list of 1940s’ events and topical news, and reports from the re-enactment scene.

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 send this personal message to you and all other boys and girls at school. For you have shared in the hardships and dangers of a total war and you have shared no less in the…
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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 his Hurricane worked. “Be in the garden tomorrow and I will show you,” he said. The garden was of the Three Horseshoes pub in the village of Great Parndon, some eight miles from North Weald…
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