tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post2093478987472265081..comments2023-10-17T12:05:26.540+01:00Comments on Razor-blade of Life: The family story – part 12 – the Land Army, part 2Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-79807561899780369032007-02-28T22:41:00.000+00:002007-02-28T22:41:00.000+00:00My grandad was an ARP Warden, Pat!I should think c...My grandad was an ARP Warden, Pat!<BR/><BR/>I should think children were especially precious, weren't they? Families with their men away fighting, fear for them, fear of bombs, rationing...<BR/><BR/>It must have been awfully painful for the parents of evacuees. To start with, London families were evacuated here. Later in the war, children from here were sent somewhere safer. My mother-in-law took her children to Wales, though her husband had to stay for his work. My husband was the youngest of three and he remembers the War.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-91430826651135090432007-02-28T12:28:00.000+00:002007-02-28T12:28:00.000+00:00Looking after your children was certainly not cons...Looking after your children was certainly not considered shirking but working class mothers like mine worked in a slipper factory full time, with the help of neighbours and grandparents. Keeping the 'home fires burning' was all important. The point is everybody did something. It was all part of the War Effort.<BR/>Even we kids raised money for the Spitfire Fund. Feeble old ladies knitted scarves and balaclavas for the Forces. I can't knoit so I 'd be useless but I would enjoy going round telling people to 'Be like Dad - Keep Mum! and 'Turn that light out!'Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-90606752680470047532007-02-28T09:34:00.000+00:002007-02-28T09:34:00.000+00:00Next time, Wendz, she and my dad are going to meet...Next time, Wendz, she and my dad are going to meet. I think there are only a couple more posts in the story though.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-81895224616405500542007-02-28T00:11:00.000+00:002007-02-28T00:11:00.000+00:00*sighs in pleasure*I have been waiting for this - ...*sighs in pleasure*<BR/><BR/>I have been waiting for this - I love these old stories. Thank you. Your Mom was amazing.y.Wendy.yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10630727119097764058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-52211039966258561082007-02-27T23:58:00.000+00:002007-02-27T23:58:00.000+00:00I don't know, Dandelion. Off the top of my head, ...I don't know, Dandelion. <BR/><BR/>Off the top of my head, I wouldn't think that a woman would be thought unpatriotic for having a baby (within wedlock, natch). After all, birth control was a bit hit-and-miss for most people and if your husband was home on leave, pregnancy was pretty likely to happen - but if it didn't you might not have another chance for a long time.<BR/><BR/>Pat, I know you were just a child, but have you any thoughts?Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-77226677436465966092007-02-27T23:48:00.000+00:002007-02-27T23:48:00.000+00:00I've got a question about The War, z. D'you know ...I've got a question about The War, z. D'you know how people were doing things for the War Effort, not just being in the army? And women drove buses and worked in factories and dug for victory? Where did having children figure in all that? I mean, was it considered like shirking your war effort duty, or was it considered part of it?Monozygotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04965915993980593549noreply@blogger.com