Josie - An East Anglian Childhood Remembered

Josie was born into a working class family living in East Anglia, and her story encapsulates the history of this area from 1930 through to the end of the Second World War.

At that time childhood was innocent and simple, with Josie able to roam free and go for bicycle rides all day without worrying her parents. Holidays were a week in Yarmouth, Saturday afternoons could be spent at the picture matinees and the trams rumbled down the street. Life had a certainty about it and, although not weal...