Harold and Joan: Life Before We Got Modern

The words 'Second World War' evoke strong images of a time that very few of us have experienced directly.


But these images are shaped by the thousands of TV programmes, films and books that document this time from an adults perspective.


Children, unless they were directly involved in momentous events such as the evacuation or the blitz, are rarely heard especially if they lived in the country rather than towns or cities.My dad Harold is one of those unheard children whose perspective on the ...