The 1940s Home

by Paul Evans and Peter Doyle

The history of the British home in the 1940s is dominated by the impacts Second World War. In the first five years of the decade, homes were adapted to better survive the affects of bombing. The 1930s home became the wartime home with the addition of anti-blast tape on the windows, sandbags around the door, and a Morrison shelter in the kitchen. In the garden, the lawn and shrubs gave way to vegetable plot and chicken coop. For those lucky enough...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0747807361
• ISBN13: 9780747807360
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Shire Publications
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.7" x 8.0"