Skint Knees: Reflections on a Scottish Childhood

by Fay (Hawson) Copland

Book Overview

During the Second World War, communities were knit together while enduring scarcity, rationing, and uncertainty-yet they adapted by being resourceful, optimistic, and persistent. And when peace finally returned, there was new hope that a more innocent era would reign. Neighbours and townspeople knew one another well; Victory gardens, planted during the war, were still cultivated with care; children played outdoors, unsupervised, from dawn til dusk,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1460246357
• ISBN13: 9781460246351
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: FriesenPress
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"