Muriel Elliott

Transcript:

Main themes covered: Women, food rationing, community, VE Day, austerity, the Welfare State.

00:00 – 03:00 General introduction and changes to schooling following the outbreak of war

03:00 – 06:00 Leaving school and finding work

06:00 – 07:30 Women in the workplace

07:30 – 09:00 Food rationing

09:00 – 14:00 Taking in soldiers from the Dunkirk landing, local community and community spirit

14:00 – 17:30 General attitudes about the war

17:30 – 22:30 Access to news during the war- cinema, radio. Attitudes of people in Britain about the war

22:30 – 25:30 Social life during the war, relationships with friends and boyfriends

25:30 – 28:00 VE Day and the end of the war

28:00 – 32:00 Air raids and stoicism during wartime

32:00 – 34:30 Post-war austerity and community spirit

34:30 – 39:00 Changes to the role of women after the war and post-war attitudes towards women

39:00 – 42:30 Introduction of the Welfare State

42:30 - Impact of war on society and attitudes

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