Blitz Spirit. Why?

 

I'm currently half way through watching Lucy Worsley's latest programme Blitz Spirit. 

To be honest I'm finding it heart-breaking to watch, hearing it through the words of the people who lived it, and to find out that our own Government kept so much from the general news as it was happening during the war years.  I understand the need for some things to be delayed ... reports, information etc ... for all sorts of national security and morale issues, but it must have been horrendous for the people going through the absolute terror of the worst days of the blitz for it to be hushed up for so long and not reported on.  As though they were going through it alone.

As for photographs of bombed buildings being censored to show only part of the destruction and having to include an untouched building and 'happy people' ... words fail me.

It seems the more you learn the harder it is to accept that humans do this sort of things to each other so very regularly.  There has never been a time on this planet without a war raging somewhere.

Why?

Sue xx

Busy in the Kitchen ... and YouTube

 

I'm busy in the kitchen today, I'm sorry there wasn't a blog post up first thing this morning, but there should be one tomorrow once I've finished what I'm making ... and cleared up all my mess.  

In the meantime here's a really nice little YouTube film for you to watch over a cup of coffee, I love this one as it explains everything so well.

https://youtu.be/o9wNJ78S2GY

Back tomorrow.

Sue xx

A Step Back in Time

I was sat on the benches outside the pub for a rest while Alan ran some errands the other day and decided to photograph our lovely old cobbles.

This is the look towards the benches and the pub with the Market Cross in the foreground.

And this is a look down the High Street of our town from there.

A modern bustling little town with parking down one side ... except on market day and bollards dotted the full length on both sides so that cars don't go onto the pavements.

I'm not sure what year this is, but it's the same view in a time of much less traffic.

And this is how it looked in the 1940s looking up towards the pub and the market cross.

A step back in time.

Sue xx