Yesterday needs you!
1940 was a remarkable year in which Britain experienced the blitz, saw the start of food rationing and sent evacuees away from their homes. To commemorate the 70th anniversary of this astounding year, factual channel Yesterday is releasing a selection of TV shows that celebrate the spirit of 1940 during wartime in Britain, and now Yesterday needs you!
Yesterday are compiling an online library of war stories and memorabilia from WW2, and they need people to send in content that they can upload to their website. If you have any memories or photographs of the Second World War, make sure you send them in!
You can get involved in many different ways, such as sending in scans of photographs, or emails sharing your stories. If you’re like me and were born a long time after the war, why not see if your neighbours or older relatives have anything to share?
Send memories in any format by email and Yesterday will feature the best on the website. To get involved, simply visit www.visityesterday.co.uk or email your stories to your1940story@uktv.co.uk
The first commission from The Spirit of the 1940s begins with Ration Book Britain, a brand new, one hour special that begins on 15 January 2010 at 5pm. This particular show will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the start of food rationing in Britain, with a unique look at this period of austerity in British history and the impact that rationing had on individual lives.
This isn’t really scout related news but I think it’s a great idea to digitally document people’s stories about the war. Projects like this give people all across the globe an insight into what life is/was like for different people, and I believe it’s extremely important that we have that insight.
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