What it was like to live in Great Britain in the 1940s
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- When Britain went to war on 3 September 1939 there was none of the 'flag-waving patriotism' of August 1914. The British people were now resigned to the fact that Hitler had to be stopped by force.
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My dad fought in World War 2 and my Mum was in the land army. My mum had to hide under barricaded tables with her parents. They knew from first hand experience. I still have my mums little paperback recipe book. Simple recipes to match their ration book.
Absolutely fascinating video…..thank you.
My mum is 91 and now and again mentions things and how it was a wonder to get an extra egg she was a young girl at the time today's generation have nothing realy to moan about especially the offended brigade
There is a deep poignancy to some of these photos. The 88 bus in the Balham bomb crater was the external sign of tragedy in the underground station, where about 70 people died, when a water main fractured. The modern building painting is at the head of a deep bomb shelter, on the A3, just north of Clapham North tube station. It could hold 8000 and was open between 1942 and 1944. The bus queue @ -0:43 is on the W side of Sloane St, just north of Sloane Square and opposite Holy Trinity Church. Bus stop A is still there but has shifted 10 yards up, opposite the steps and railings.
Thankyou.
My parents were Londoners and their stories were chilling...
Thank's for the photos of my playground, when I was a boy. I was put in Hospital by a V1 in 1944.
What a marvellous collection of pictures. You have to wonder how people coped but if there’s no option then I suppose you just have to get on with it. London was badly bombed but when you see films of German cities it’s hard to see how they ever managed to rebuild them given the absolute destruction.
Thanks for this , some sad and some inspiring images .
An excellent compilation, many thanks!
The bombed railway station is St Pancras which is next to King's Cross. The Bass breweries at Burton on Trent sent their ales for London and the South East by train to St Pancras. I wonder how much beer was lost when the station was bombed as it was stored under the platforms. I remember my Dad saying that beer was ofter in short supply and of poor quality during the war but Guinness always seemed available. Thanks Ireland. Just one of the many ways you helped us during those terrible days.
Yes St Pancras
This should be retitled London in the 1940s. London is not were Great Britain begins and ends.
Of course you right ✅
Where is the fireplace?
It is a 15 minute walk from Big Ben 0.7 mile to Vincent Square
@@LondonPower Where is the rubble of the Blitz? At 12:37
11:32 ❤❤❤ untrue!
What's untrue.
Were you there.
My family was in London.
They know exactly what it was like.
I've heard many of the stories...
@southface6684 Don't be silly, of course it is true. Wake up, @southface6684 someone has brainwashed you!
My parents lived in London, my father was a Spitfire pilot and my mother worked in radar. I have a reel of chaff still...look it up!
Absolutely, I was there and yes it was better. A very pronounced esprit de corps.
Despite the war, it was better than today!
@@Paratus7 People respected eachother😊