What was life in London like for Parents during the Blitz?
Gosh – where to start: Transport was disrupted. If you had a job you were expected to do it – if it was deemed essential to the war effort. There were some restrictions on places of assembly although cinemas did a roaring trade with their newsreels and Gone with the Wind doing great business, along wit the Wizard of Oz. The streets were blacked out so moving about was dangerous to say the least. Most people either went into the tubes at night (contrary to govt policy) or in their own shelters if they had them. That is if they weren’t on fire watching duties – one of the reasons St Paul’s cathedral survived was because there were wardens on the roof throwing incendiary bombs off the roof or extinguishing them as they landed. (Coventry Cathedral not so fortunate). Nobody got much sleep – and there was not enough food to go round, ultimately. Children as your question suggests were evacuated from the large cities – men were being called up – women were perceived as running things on the ‘
