![]() ![]() ![]() This entry was posted on Sunday, June 7th, 2015 at 11:29 am and is filed under Audiobooks, News. Making jam, making do and mending, gathering rosehips, keeping pigs and rabbits, housing evacuees, setting up canteens for the troops, knitting, singing and campaigning for a better Britain after the war: all these activities played a crucial role in war time. Coming soon Jambusters audiobook WI centenary - 1.12.14. ![]() The Remarkable Story Which Has Inspired the ITV Drama Home Fires. Jambusters Julie Summers Ulverscroft Large Print Books, 2015 - Great Britain - 416 pages 3 Reviews Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its identified. Jambusterstells the story of the minute and idiosyncratic details of everyday life during the Second World War. in the Second World War from Dymocks online bookstore. With all the vigour, energy and enthusiasm at their disposal, a third of a million country women set out to make their lives and the lives of those around them more bearable in what they described as 'a period of insanity'. The whole of its previous history - two decades of educating, entertaining and supporting women and campaigning on women's issues - culminated in the enormous collective responsibility felt by the members to 'do their bit' for Britai. A sort of deep stillness comes over everything from time to time. In June she wrote: ‘How curious this life is. Her diary entries over the summer of 1940 make haunting reading. The Second World War was the WI's finest hour. In Jambusters I told the story of diarist Clara Milburn whose son, Alan, was posted as ‘missing’ after Dunkirk. Jambusters: The remarkable story which has inspired the ITV drama Home Fires ![]()
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