Two Local Exhibitions - Part Two

 Continuing our visit to the exhibitions in Stoke we entered the Minster which was warm and welcoming.

This is the second of the two Longest Yarn travelling exhibitions.  Here is a - link - to the first one, visited in  November last year.

This second display depicts the preparations for the outbreak of war and events following on the home front.

War is declared

The cabinet meets

Windows are taped, gas masks are issued, special Mickey Mouse ones for children.

Children sent to the countryside for safety.

Anderson shelters for back gardens

Food rationing introduced

Training of the Home Guard

Dig for Victory

Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister

The Blitz in London, Birmingham, Sheffield and Coventry.

The Women's Land Army

The Lumber Jills

Far too many photos.  There are 80 cases in all covering events like the small boats leaving for Dunkirk, the invasion of the Channel Isles and the Battle of Britain.  The Polish Pilots and the arrival of troops from America.  Lots of the cases were difficult to photograph with my little camera because of the lighting.  It was the small details I found fascinating. 

A VE day street party

 The exhibition is here in Stoke until the 29th October.