This is one of those books that is full of people's reminecences from start to finish. Some I found to be more interesting than others. The ones I particularly liked was the ones about the evacuees, life on the home front and how they managed to survive the war years on very little food. I think maybe people could learn a bit from this section on the lead up to Christmas when everyone is panic buying loads of food which ultimately gets wasted. There was one mistake that I noticed on page 59 where it mentions the doodlebug coming back after it had dropped it's bombs! The section on Christmas toys I liked and I can remember visiting my grandparents as a child and they still had some of those toys which I loved to play with. Even my husband nowadays loves his Meccano set and Hornby trains.
Anyone who likes social history will like these first hand remenicesences.
Anyone who likes social history will like these first hand remenicesences.