Dorothy Sirett

Transcript:

Main themes covered: changing role of women, rationing, community spirit, life after the war.

00:00 – 03:00 General introduction, education and leaving school

03:00 – 06:30 Duties during war and how war changed women’s lives

06:00 – 11:00 The home front, Sheffield at war, Anderson shelters and air raids

11:00 – 13:30 Community spirit and shared experience of rationing

13:30 – 16:00 Sheffield at the end of the war, growing affluence, introduction of the Welfare State and increased standard of living.

16.00 – 18:30 Attitudes towards women after the war

18:30 – 20:30 Thoughts and attitudes about government

20:30 – 22:00 Working after the war

22:00 – 26:00 Thoughts about Churchill, returning soldiers and entertainment after the war

26:00 – 27:00 Children’s experiences of the war

27:00 - Looking back at the war

END