2005 - World War II

	*The Breakspear Archives*
2005 ~ 13 October: Year 6 Life during World War II

On Thursday 13 October we had a workshop presentation that helped us to understand what it might have felt like to be living in England during the Second World War.

Here we are, with an Air Raid Warden's helmet on.	And here are some of the other things he would wear.

Everybody had to have a gas mask.	The Warden appears to have lots of helpers!

The School was a Look Out Post for fires during the war

Here we are at home reading a paper from the 1940s	We get down low to avoid being hit during an air raid.

We all try to feel what we might have done if there had been an air raid warning.

Not quite sure what we're up to here!	More are coming to help.

We're removing a bomb, is it unexploded? If so, we'd better take care.	The RAF played a big role in the war...

The Americans were also stationed over here.	Fashions were certainly different!

Certainly it helped us to know what it was like sixty years ago.	Mr Ward was the first Headteacher. Here is his letter to parents early in the war, click on it to enlarge.