A Wartime Christmas

Part one of two. A family experience what it was like to celebrate Christmas during the 1940s

Part one of two. A family experience what it was like to celebrate the first three Christmases of the 1940s, and the challenges and deprivations families faced during these times. In the first episode, the family learns how to black out a home and build a shelter in the event of an air raid, and prepares a Woolton pie for Christmas dinner. Historians Joshua Levine, Carol Harris and Mike Brown offer an insight into the impact of rationing and evacuation on family life