Monthly Archive: June, 2019

News of the World War Two 1943 1943 saw the first “Bevin Boys” being conscripted to work in the coal mines.  The pigeons White Vision, Winkie and Tyke become the first recipients of the Dickin Medal, which was to honour the work of animals in war. Labour Minister Ernest Bevin announced that women from 19 to 50 would be called for work in aircraft and munitions...

News of the Year 1942 After the Pearl Harbour disaster in Dec 1941, America entered the 2nd World War. They started to arrive in their droves and as the film ‘Yanks’ says ‘Overpaid, Oversexed, and over Here’.  The radio programme Desert Island Discs was first broadcast on the BBC Forces Programme.   It was presented by Roy Plomley . The programme is...

Manchester at War 1940 was the first time the bombs fell on Manchester.  Both the Palace and Opera House theatres were bombed but they still remained open.  Manchester Cathedral, the Royal Exchange and the Free Trade Hall were among the large buildings that were damaged.  That same year saw the start of food rationing and the  Home Guard was formed, it was otherwise...