On The Home Front In The Country – Wartime High Spirits

In the Second World War, life in the country went on in some ways much as before – farmers still had to look after their animals and their fields, and there was less danger from air raids. But there were other alarming changes, from the arrival of numbers of small and vociferous evacuees, to the disturbing presence of attractive young women in jodhpurs, the lively Land Girls – and of course for the Punch writers and cartoonists these and other wartime topics were quite enough to keep everyone smiling through. Hardcover. Published by Past Times 2000