Dig for Victory – Allotment History
By October 1939 the government launched the ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign, we explore what this…
Tag: World War 2
Remembering World War 2
How Lord Beaverbrook gave aircraft production wings!
On 14 May 1940, Winston Churchill appointed the Canadian-British Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, as…
Ship’s anchor blasted more than a mile away by explosion in Liverpool Blitz
The official Luftwaffe order of battle for the raid on Liverpool and Birkenhead on Saturday…
When the nation lived in dread of gas attacks on our cities
Thankfully for us all, the cry Gas! Gas! Gas! was never heard on the streets…
The Christmas Blitz of December 1940 – Manchester
In what later became known as the Christmas Blitz, Manchester was raided by hundreds of…
Masks an echo of modern times
Bank of England Staff testing gas masks in 1942
Liverpool store gutted in Luftwaffe raid
The well-known Lewis’s department store in Ranelagh Street, Liverpool, was left a burnt-out shell after…