John Rogerson

Transcript:

Main themes covered: the Blitz, Anderson shelters, rationing, allotments, evacuation, wartime propaganda.

Please note that John’s memories of the war relate to London.

00:00 – 07:00 Introduction and early memories of the war

07:00 – 12:30 Experiences of evacuation and of being an evacuee

12:30 – 17:00 Bombing and third evacuation

17:00 – 21:00 Relationship with mother and father

21:00 – 27:00 Food rationing, allotments, Digging For Victory, and Christmas during rationing

27:00 – 30:30 Celebrating VE Day, Victory Parade in 1946

30:30 – 36:00 Health of his father and experiences of illness before the NHS

36:00 – 39:00 John’s later life and how he came to be in Sheffield

39:00 – 43:00 Attitudes towards Suez and WWII, and his views on wartime propaganda

43:00 - General memories of London during the war

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