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Brothers Under Fire Canadian Fire Fighters The 1940s Society For Everyone Interested in Wartime Britain Issue 72 March / April 2012 £3.00 Blitz Kids Sean Longden on the Childrens war against Hitler Brothers Under Fire Canadian Fire Fighters. 2 part article by John Leete Lew Stone Jeff “Two-Tone Boogie” discovers more about this influential musician Diary Events and much more.... The 1940’s Society, 90 Lennard Road, Dunton Green, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 2UX Tel: 01732 452505 Web: www.1940.co.uk Email: [email protected] 1 Enjoy Life The 1940s Society I don’t really follow football but I’m writing this after hearing that For Everyone Interested in Wartime Britain Fabrice Muamba remains in a critical condition in intensive care after suffering a cardiac arrest during the FA Cup tie at Tottenham. Regular meetings at Otford Memorial Hall near Sevenoaks A shock to all as he is a young fit 23 year old with no previous signs of health issues. Like many people I remember him in my prayers Friday 30th March 2012 - 8pm and wish him a speedy recovery. You may think it’s a rather sombre start to the magazine but I like to Blitz Kids think of it as a reminder of how fragile our lives are. A reminder that Britain’s children in the Second World War both we should make the most of what we have, smile, and take the time at home and on the front line to enjoy our lives. I’ve been reading the proofs of a book being published in June (Parachute Doctor) and you suddenly realise how Sean Longden death was such an everyday occurrence during the Second World War. Not the death of the old who can look back at their lives but those youngsters who had their lives before them. How fortunate From the dangers of London streets we are today. during the Blitz to working on the high seas in the Merchant Navy during the As we head into the year there are already many events for the Atlantic Convoy, children were on the 1940s enthusiast lined up. Some are in the diary at the back but frontline of battle during the Second many more can be found on the website. Despite my enthusiasm in World War. the last issue the website has not been updated but the new design is very close to being uploaded. Its all quite exciting but hopefully Through extensive interviews and the wait will be worth it. I’m even trying to include a dedicated area research, Sean has uncovered for members but more details next issue. previously untold stories of heroism I hope you enjoy the magazine and I look forward to your continued and courage. feedback and contributions Sean Longdens illustrated talk will be exploring how the war impacted upon Ian a whole generation who lost their innocence at home and abroad, on the battlefield and the home front. Please support the Society with a subscription on-line at www.1940.co.uk or fill out and return the form on the back of this magazine. Don’t miss what will be a rare opportunity to hear Sean longden If you have any comments, articles or information of interest we would be pleased to consider it for future use. Please contact us at: The host this fascinating evening. 1940’s Society, 90, Lennard Road, Dunton Green, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 2UX or email us at: [email protected] . All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part and in any form whatsoever, is strictly prohibited without the prior permission of the editor. Whilst every care is taken with material submitted to ‘The 1940s Society”, no responsibility can be accepted for loss or damage. Opinions expressed in this magazine do not necessarily reflect those of the Editor or the 1940s Society. Friendly meetings learning more about life in the 1940’s. Whilst every effort has been made to contact all copyright holders, the sources of some pictures that may be used are obscure. The Meetings start at 8pm at Otford Memorial Hall, Nr. Sevenoaks. publishers will be glad to make good in future editions any error or omissions brought to their attention. The publication of any quotes or illustrations on which clearance has not been given is unintentional. Admission £3. Further details from Ian on 01732 452505 or visit the Web Site at: www.1940.co.uk Designed and produced by Ian Bayley. © Ian Bayley 2012 2 3 For music, books, and a variety of other wartime Blitz Kids: related items The Children’s War Against Hitler The 15th March sees the publication of ‘Blitz Kids’ highlighting the role that British Children played during the Second World War. The author Sean Longden will be discussing this and some of the first hand accounts, in his talk for the Society on 27th March. Here he gives a brief introduction to this little discussed area of wartime Britain. The history of British childhood As someone born in the in wartime, as so often mid 1960s, stories of war presented in film, television shaped my childhood. My own and literature, is dominated understanding of this subject by certain themes, such as was shaped by my father’s gasmasks, evacuation and stories of how war gave him New selection of posters now available rationing. These themes freedom. For his last year of have set the agenda for our schooling he simply failed to understanding of war. However, turn up: most of the men had www.1940.co.uk when I set out to write an left the town and there was a alternative history of childhood labour shortage. It was perfect during the Second World War, I for a 13 year old more interested knew that these themes – whilst in earning money rather than essential – would do no more learning algebra. So he took than set the scene for other, over a newspaper delivery often forgotten, subjects. round, previously a full time job for a man, and earned a man’s wage. This notion of freedom inspired me to discover more about the experiences of those who were older than the children usually focussed on in wartime stories. I was also influenced by the stories told by grandfather of his experiences during the First World War. He had joined the army aged just sixteen, fighting at Gallipoli before his seventeenth birthday. This made me think: The subject of ‘boy soldiers’ in the 1914-18 is well known, yet why was there no 4 5 comparable literature for the Blitz. Others handed over forged and spent the next five years exploded he ran down to underage volunteers of letters claiming to be from their working down a German coal see if he could help, only to w1939-45? parents. One sixteen year old mine. One boy, who volunteered discover there had been serious It was not long before I found a cunning solution when aged sixteen because he was casualties: “They were blown discovered there had been many a recruiting sergeant told him he worried the war might be over to bloody smithereens. It was such volunteers. As one 14 year had obviously forged his birth if he waited for conscription, a terrible shock. These people “No son, old soldier recalled: “I didn’t certificate: “Being a somewhat found himself in Normandy at were absolutely blown to bits … you look old have any trouble joining up. I street smart kid, I wasn’t the age of 17, as a stretcher The voice pipes, leading down didn’t even think about whether I going to be deterred by what I bearer. He found it an incredible to the engine room, were full of enough to looked old enough. I just walked considered to be so insignificant responsibility. He was just a boy flesh and blood - bits of people’s me. Just in and said ‘I want to join.’ They a thing as a birth certificate. So, but the very first time he was bodies – there was blood all sign on the said ‘Okay, get in the queue’ So I walked along a passageway called to a group of casualties over the floor.” The captain dotted line, I got in the queue, had a medical into the Army recruiting office. he discovered they included his then asked: “Is there anybody here, here, and - bang, bang – I was in. There sitting behind a desk company commander and most who can stomach cleaning this and here” They didn’t ask me for any birth was a very relaxed and amiable of the officers. The experience up?” The sixteen year old didn’t certificates – nothing.” recruiting Sergeant. The soon made him grow up. hesitate: “He was looking for warm glow emanating from volunteers. I was quite happy Even when documents were this very red faced individual Yet others were legally in ‘the with it. It didn’t sicken me. I asked for, there were ways attested to the fact that he was front lines’ under the call-up just got cracking. Some people to get around the questions. obviously feeling no pain from age. The Royal Navy and Royal couldn’t do it. I was always fine Schoolboys in Some boys claimed all their his encounter during the lunch Marines had a tradition of with that sort of thing.” Looking uniform: members of the O.T.C. papers had been lost in the period with several pints of the accepting youngsters, meaning back nearly seventy years local brew.” their ships often carried boys later, he was able to explain The sergeant looked up at him too young to be conscripted.
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