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At school, the children learned the British Empire but now the Commonwealth in 1939 some British children had never traveled outside the UK If they had a holiday, most went to the sea or the country a typical family, dad worked while mum looked after the house most young people left school at 14 and began working.
Few people have cars Most people traveling by bus, train or bicycle, or television market began in 1936, but very few people have a TV instead of families listened to the radio or wireless.
Thousands of children have left home for the first time that evacuees schoolyards and examinations continued more or less as usual, although children also learned exercise airstrike and how put a gas mask at night, many children were sleeping in bomb shelters.
There were fewer toys for Christmas or birthdays, not candy or Many bathing beaches have been closed However, children have found new playgrounds on - bombarded waste site soil where buildings had been razed by bombs.
Many families were separated fathers, uncles and brothers left home to join the Army Forces, navy or air force people traveled more, to do work of war and fight foreign mothers and older siblings went to work in factories.
There was rationing of food, clothing and other products air raids, it was difficult to get good damage to the night sleeping bomb often meant no gas or electricity Train and bus trips Took most go to school or walk to work often meant on bricks and broken glass in the streets at night, the blackout is dark cities.
The civilian government should deal with air attacks on enemy aircraft then bomb shelters were built Plans have been made to evacuate women and children in the country Gas masks were given to protect people against toxic gases Fortunately, toxic gas bombs are dropped on Britain.
During World War 2 over 60,000 people in Britain were killed in bombing raids homes, factories and schools were destroyed Many people have lost their homes and possessions, however, people were grateful that Great Britain was not busy like other countries - such as France, Norway, China and the Philippines.
Occupied countries, such as France and Norway were invaded and taken over by the enemy occupation was difficult for the people it meant the end of freedom that you have to work and do what you said, or be punished.
For children, the occupation soldiers meant being hungry enemies have the best food and scared the enemy sometimes kidnapped or killed your family and friends all those who fought back, joining the Resistance risked jail or death of Jews from across occupied Europe, including thousands of children, were rounded up and sent to die in prison camps.
There were no computers or computer games in 1939 personal computers has not been invented.
Birthday cards during the war were smaller, because paper was rationed.
A trick to beat the blackout was to establish a cocoa box on a light to give a narrow beam - enough to read.
People have spent time with books like The Blackout Book, which had puzzles and quizzes to do inside.
Poles on white Rub the door before wouldn t visitors meant stumbling into the blackout.
In 1939, a TV costs about the same as a small car Few people belonging to either a TV or a car.
A favorite for breakfast or tea was bread and dripping solid fat chilled roasted meat.
The King of Great Britain and Queen in 1939 were King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Their eldest daughter, now Queen Elizabeth II, was 13 when the war began.
A A Milne, who wrote the stories of Winnie the Pooh, wrote a radio war speech to the Queen in 1939 - but never aired.
Many boys wore short pants until they leave junior school, when they received their first pair of long trousers.
Schoolchildren in the 1940s often wore hats school, as part of their school uniform school girls wore hats too.
Some children books mocked the Nazis They had titles such as This is a funny Nazti book.
You can eat chips during the war in a special pack of salt economic war came in a twist of paper inside the package - to water you love.
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