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Homefront Yorkshire 1939-1945
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No event in history had such a profound and long-term effect as World War Two, its consequences still helping to shape the modern world. With our trade routes harassed by U-boats, our skies darkened by the Luftwaffe and our beaches imperilled by the threat of invasion, the period from 1939 to 1945 was a frightening one for ordinary civilians. But the people of Yorkshire responded to the challenge with incredible fortitude, camaraderie, determination and good humour, the tireless efforts of armies of civilians keeping the British lamp of freedom trimmed. This unique compendium of many never-before-published personal reminiscences from the Yorkshire home front paints an astonishing picture of life in the war torn county. It records the tender and sometimes hilarious adventures of boys and girls, the selfless grind of workers in the mines and factories, the exhausting labours in allotments and fields and the bravery and dedication of the emergency services and other dedicated professionals who just put on their tin hats and worked on. Consigned to the memory banks for nearly seven decades, these stirring remembrances reveal the wealth of ingenuity and invention and the passionate bulldog spirit that kept our hopes alive during our darkest hours, the author also touching on the less heroic aspects of the period.

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First published in Great Britain in 2007 by PEN SWORD MILITARY an imprint - photo 1

First published in Great Britain in 2007 by PEN SWORD MILITARY an imprint - photo 2

First published in Great Britain in 2007 by

PEN & SWORD MILITARY

an imprint of

Pen & Sword Books Ltd
47 Church Street
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S70 2AS

ISBN 978-1-84415-628-3

eISBN 9781844683918

The right of Len Markham to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission from the publisher in writing.

Typeset by Concept, Huddersfild, West Yorkshire Printed and bound in Great Britain by CPI UK

Pen & Sword Books Ltd incorporates the imprints of

Pen & Sword Aviation, Pen & Sword Maritime, Pen & Sword Military, Wharncliffe Local History, Pen & Sword Select, Pen & Sword Military Classics and Leo Cooper.

For a complete list of Pen & Sword titles please contact
PEN & SWORD BOOKS LIMITED
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1 Will they come Defenders eye-view of an invasion beach from a pill box - photo 3

1. Will they come? Defenders eye-view of an invasion beach from a pill box. ( LMA )

2 Editorial in the Daily Mail 4 September 1939 Daily Mail 3 Wanted - photo 4

2. Editorial in the Daily Mail, 4 September 1939. ( Daily Mail )

3 Wanted poster for the most infamous man alive Strangely there was no price - photo 5

3. Wanted poster for the most infamous man alive. Strangely, there was no price on his head. Would bounty hunters have grabbed him for 1 million? ( LMA )

4 Black Out was a popular 1940s parlour game wwwhow-we-lived-thencouk - photo 6

4. Black Out! was a popular 1940s parlour game. ( www.how-we-lived-then.co.uk )

5 Boys were encouraged to make models of patriotic national symbols of might - photo 7

5. Boys were encouraged to make models of patriotic national symbols of might and majesty. HMS Hood was sunk in the Battle of Denmark Strait on 24 May 1941 but Buckingham Palace remained miraculously unmolested. ( www.how-we-lived-then.co.uk )

6 Government icon showing conformity with economy standards LMA 7 Dig - photo 8

6. Government icon showing conformity with economy standards. ( LMA )

7 Dig For Victory posters were found on every street corner LMA 7 Ivy - photo 9

7. Dig For Victory posters were found on every street corner. ( LMA )

7 Ivy Shears could only dream of a cake like this It was made by Charlie - photo 10

7. Ivy Shears could only dream of a cake like this. It was made by Charlie Hitchen at a cost of just one guinea. He is still waiting payment! (see OF BAKERS AND CONFECTIONERS). ( Charlie Hitchen )

8 Detail of Ration Book and wartime coins LMA 9 The term taking a - photo 11

8. Detail of Ration Book and wartime coins. (LMA)

9 The term taking a powder took on a whole new meaning during the war LMA - photo 12

9. The term taking a powder took on a whole new meaning during the war. (LMA)

10 Blackout posters such as this could not be seen in the dark LMA 11 - photo 13

10. Blackout posters such as this could not be seen in the dark. (LMA)

11 The front page of the Hull Daily Mail for 6 June 1944 LMA 12 In - photo 14

11. The front page of the Hull Daily Mail for 6 June 1944. (LMA)

12 In January 1940 snowfall was particularly bad in the Dales LMA 13 - photo 15

12. In January 1940, snowfall was particularly bad in the Dales. (LMA)

13 Why werent barrel-fulls offered to the military The war would have been - photo 16

13. Why werent barrel-fulls offered to the military? The war would have been won by Christmas. (LMA)

14 Even Yorkshires Bertie Bassett did his bit LMA 15 Like it or lump - photo 17

14. Even Yorkshires Bertie Bassett did his bit. ( LMA )

15 Like it or lump it these were the national staples - photo 18

15. Like it or lump it, these were the national staples. ( www.how-we-lived-then.co.uk )

16 Anxious and bewildered Bevin Boys on their first shift at Markham Main in - photo 19

16. Anxious and bewildered Bevin Boys on their first shift at Markham Main in 1943. ( Brian Elliott )

17 Harold Jackson furthest left and other Bevin Boys outside their - photo 20

17. Harold Jackson (furthest left) and other Bevin Boys outside their Sandringham Road Nissen hut hostel. ( Brian Elliott )

18 Colin Massingham still has his old miners helmet Brian Elliott 19 - photo 21

18. Colin Massingham still has his old miners helmet. (Brian Elliott)

19 Ex-Bevin Boy Joe Hartley worked for many years as a Deputy at Manvers Main - photo 22

19. Ex-Bevin Boy Joe Hartley worked for many years as a Deputy at Manvers Main. ( Brian Elliott )

20 Wartime advert for a popular mens hair cream LMA 21 Graphic - photo 23

20. Wartime advert for a popular mens hair cream. ( LMA )

21 Graphic wartime railway poster LMA 22 Walter Salmon second from - photo 24

21. Graphic wartime railway poster. (LMA)

22 Walter Salmon second from left on the footplate of a steam engine in the - photo 25

22. Walter Salmon (second from left) on the footplate of a steam engine in the 1930s. (Hilary B Blackburne)

23 Article in the Daily Mail 31 March 1941 LMA 24 Between trips - photo 26

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