Life in Britain - 1940

Britain didn’t only need help from their soldiers, but the British people at the home front were asked to help, by making extra efforts and working harder. Children saved pennies, collected scrap metal and food waste, and knitted woolly hats for soldiers and refugees. Companies such as, BBC Children's Hour, even ran a scrap-collecting competition. The winners collected 9 tons of scrap. This was to increase the war efforts by the children.

With the men set to war,  millions of women worked in the factories, on buses and trains, and in hospitals and schools. They also worked on the farms, and served the

The government has come out with information campaign that tell us what to do – and what not to.

Here are the don’ts’ :

·      Don’t burn too much coal on the fire

·      Don’t take a bus when you could walk

·      Don’t gossip about work, because ‘Careless Talk costs Lives’. A spy might be listening

The government use propaganda too keep up the spirit. They did this by putting up posters, radio programs, films and newspapers. This is also use to make most of victories and make fun of the enemy. Everything that’s written in the newspaper and what’s said on the radio is all controlled by the government.

here’s a poster from the government that tells people to reuse their clothes. 

November 1940, and children sleep in hammocks in the London Underground. The electric track was switched off, for safety, when people sheltered in Tube stations.

A poster from 1940. The Blitz had begun. Why do you think the government put out this poster?