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Description: | British schoolchild in village of Backwell near Bristol, 1904-1919
REEL 1: Recollections of period as schoolchild in Blackwell, Bristol, 1914-1918: family; story of hearing news of outbreak of war, 8/1914; living conditions; attitude to local gentry; memories of enlistment in village; worked in hay field; memory of parents reading out roll of honour in newspaper; story of picnic and meeting wounded soldiers; reaction to death of local men in war; memory of Bristol cyclists; question of hoarding food; food shortages; memory of bread and margarine; village fair; attitude to Portuguese workers; memory of Tickler's plum and apple jam; story of fairground people; food rationing; memory of mother cooking sheep's head.
REEL 2 Continues: further comments on requisitioning of horses; problem of lack of transport; various memories of show people; role of women in working on the land; post-war life in the village; memories of German POWs; story of Prussian soldier; POWs uniform; relations between British guards and German POWs; story of Armistice celebrations by villagers and POWs; attitude to Germans; description of Armistice celebrations in village; memory of searchlights; story of planning and construction of village war memorial; memory of names on memorial being read out; comparison of Armistice Day events over years; memory of two minute silence; comparison of living conditions in First and Second World Wars; story of helping evacuees in London during Second World War; comparison of food situation during First and Second World Wars. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Smith, Lyn E | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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