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Sunday, 11 December 2016

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! ... FROM THE 1940s PICTURE POST


















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Home Front Re-enactors
Collecting for the war effort!

Black Country Museum

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Kidderminster Station

Kidderminster Station
1940s living room

The Commandery Worcester

The Commandery Worcester
1940s Event 24th March 2018

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1940s at Bantock House

1940s at Bantock House
Re-enactors in the courtyard
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Bantock House and Gardens

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Black Country Museum 2017

Black Country Museum 2017
#WWII Re-enactors

#BCLM

#BCLM
#1940's Re-enactor

#HootonPark

#HootonPark
American Re-enactment

Hooton Park 1940s Weekend

Hooton Park 1940s Weekend
Wartime Re-enactors Winston Churchill with Lieutenant Commander RNR

WWII Re-enactors

WWII Re-enactors
At Highley Station

WWII Re-enactors at Vintage Market

WWII Re-enactors at Vintage Market

#1940s Event at Black Country Museum

#1940s Event at Black Country Museum
#Homefront Re-enactors

Navy Re-enactors Online

Navy Re-enactors Online
Royal Navy Exhibition at the Institute

Black Country Museum July 2016

Black Country Museum July 2016
Narrowboat with Re-enactor

#WWII Re-enactors at BCLM

#WWII Re-enactors at BCLM

Black Country Living Museum West Midlands

Black Country Living Museum West Midlands
Wartime #Re-enactors

#Highley Station

#Highley Station
Wartime re-enactors

#Vintage Hairdresser

#Vintage Hairdresser
At Kidderminster Station

#Kidderminster Station Display

#Kidderminster Station Display
Air Raid Patrol Warden Re-enactor

#Kidderminster Station June 25th 2016

#Kidderminster Station June 25th 2016
#Homefront Re-enactors

On the way to #Bewdley Station

On the way to #Bewdley Station
1940s view from the train

Severn Valley Re-enactor

Severn Valley Re-enactor
View from the train

Severn Valley Railway 1940s 2016

Severn Valley Railway 1940s 2016
The Poppy Sisters at Bewdley Station

Beaumanor (Listening Station) Display

Beaumanor (Listening Station) Display
WWII Educational Events for Schools

#1940s Event at Great Central Railway 3 -5 June 2016

#1940s Event at Great Central Railway 3 -5 June 2016
WWII Re-Enactors Display

1940s Wartime Event at Great Central Railway

1940s Wartime Event at Great Central Railway
Fire Brigade Demonstration

Great Central Railway

Great Central Railway
Vintage Village

1940s Tearoom

1940s Tearoom
Home Front Re-Enactors

Tutbury Castle 1940s May 29th and 30th 2016

Tutbury Castle 1940s May 29th and 30th 2016
American Soldiers Re-enactment

WWII Warships Display

WWII Warships Display
by Tony Fern

Operation Tutbury 1940s

Operation Tutbury 1940s
American Airborne Re-enactment

WWII Re-enactment

WWII Re-enactment
British Army Officer mortar demonstration

Remembering the 1940s at Forge Mill Museum

Remembering the 1940s at Forge Mill Museum
Field Marshall Montgomery and Home Front Re-enactor

Forge Mill Museum 1940s Day 2016

Forge Mill Museum 1940s Day 2016
Second World War Re-enactors

Music from #IndigoArts and The Violets

Music from #IndigoArts and The Violets
Forge Mill Needle Museum

WWII Re-enactor and Spy Suitcase Radio

WWII Re-enactor and Spy Suitcase Radio
Display at Forge Mill Museum

1940s at Castle Bromwich Gardens

1940s at Castle Bromwich Gardens
Wartime Re-enactor

Castle Bromwich Gardens

Castle Bromwich Gardens
#Wartime Re-enactors

HomeFront Re-enactors with

HomeFront Re-enactors with
Millie, from Leeds, a WWII Evacuee

#DDay2016 French Re-enactors

#DDay2016 French Re-enactors
Pierre, Matthieu and Charles

Normandy D Day 2016

Normandy D Day 2016
MTB (Motor Torpedo Boat) Captain

Do you have a story about #WWIISpetchley?

Do you have a story about #WWIISpetchley?
Spetchley Park and Gardens are looking for your stories and photo's about WWII USAF pilots at Spetchley Worcestershire, for an exhibition.
If you would like to contribute you can ring Annette Phillips at 01905 345213

#CrichTramwayWWII

#CrichTramwayWWII
Home Front Re-enactors

Churchill's Secret Army (Display)

Churchill's Secret Army (Display)
British Resistance in the event of an invasion.

Crich Tramway Village Derbyshire

Crich Tramway Village Derbyshire
Navy Re-enactors On-Line Exhibition
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Commandery Worcester

Commandery Worcester
1940s Public House-The Wheatsheaf

Victorian and Westerners and

Victorian and Westerners and
Forever Forties Group

WWII at Commandery Worcester

WWII at Commandery Worcester
5th Rangers Jeep and re-enactor

Stoneleigh Militaria Fair 2016

Stoneleigh Militaria Fair 2016
WWII and Homefront Re-enactors

Living History at Stoneleigh Militaria

Living History at Stoneleigh Militaria
Re-enactors and display

#PeakRail 1940s Event

#PeakRail 1940s Event
WWII Re-enactors

#TelfordSteam Railway

#TelfordSteam Railway
1940s event 2015

DAD'S ARMY


In February 2016, the new film about Dad's Army will be in the cinemas.

SEASONS GREETINGS!

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a
happy and peaceful new year,
from the 1940's Picture Post


Whitchurch Heritage Day 2015

Whitchurch Heritage Day 2015

Whitchurch Heritage Centre

In December 1941 work was underway at the Old Rectory, Shropshire to create a GPO Listening Station.
The Old Rectory and it's "radio spies" were to intercept and record German coded messages, including Japanese diplomatic traffic, and send them to Bletchley Park.
A book, "The Old Rectory, Whitchurch, Shropshire" researched and written by Jean North, Madge Moran and Joan Barton details the history of the Rectory and these events in WWII. Jean North is pictured at Whitchurch Heritage Day event - 2015


DECEMBER 8th 1941


Following the bombing of Pearl Harbour, President Franklin Roosevelt requests a declaration of war from Congress.

This was supported by the Senate.

www.nationalww2museum.org.

WWII Nurse and Re-enactors

WWII Nurse and Re-enactors

1st December 1942

73 years ago today, Great Britain's coalition Government accepted changes suggested in The Beveridge Report, including the creation of a Welfare State.

In the U.S.A Gas rationing was introduced with most drivers allowed 3 gallons per week.


Re-Enactors Wanted!

Polish Paras, British Paras and Polish WWII Re-enactors are wanted for the General Sosabowski Commemorative Event on January 30th 2016.
The venue is the Polish Consulate, Portland Street, Manchester, M1 3LD. WWII vehicles and displays are also required,
For more details about re-enactment contact Simon at simonpelmer@hotmail.co.uk , or call 0753 8524776
For info about 1940s events in 2016 please go to Events 2016 page!

NEW WWII FILM!

Kate Winslet is to play Lee Miller, a fashion model who worked for Vogue magazine in the 1920's. Instead of staying in America during wartime, she studied Photography and became a war correspondent. Her candid photo's captured the reality of WWII Europe and included moving pictures of the liberated concentration camps.

Desborough, Northamptonshire and

Desborough, Northamptonshire and
the sounds of the1940s

Desborough and the Home Front

Desborough and the Home Front
Streetscene of Wartime Re-enactors

Desborough Heritage Centre

Desborough Heritage Centre
Ladies from the Home Front Re-enactors

BATTLE OF BRITAIN - 10th July - 31st October

The 10th July 2015 marks the beginning of the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. In 1940, Britain's young RAF pilots took to the air to defend their country. There's more information about this at www.bbc.co.uk/history/battle_of_Britain
and numerous events are also taking place across the nation during the next few months.








Haden Hill Museum and Parkland

Haden Hill Museum and Parkland
Second World War Re-enactors

Haden Hill Second World War Event

Haden Hill Second World War Event
Homefront and Military Re-enactors

WWII Re-enactors at Haden Hill

WWII Re-enactors at Haden Hill
Wartime uniform display

Second World War at Haden Hill

Second World War at Haden Hill
Talking about #1940sRationing194

#1940'sFashion at Hartlebury Castle

#1940'sFashion at Hartlebury Castle
WWII re-enactors and vintage cars

Hartlebury Castle

Hartlebury Castle
Wartime Re-enactors

Hartlebury Castle 2015

Hartlebury Castle 2015
Military re-enactors

Shopping in Desborough Village

Shopping in Desborough Village
1940s Re-enactor

I Met Trisha at the Ritz Vintage Fair

I Met Trisha at the Ritz Vintage Fair
who was a WWII evacuee!

Friends of Desborough Library

Friends of Desborough Library
Providing wartime rations!

Desborough, Northamptonshire

Desborough, Northamptonshire
WWII Re-enactor

Desborough in the 40s!

Desborough in the 40s!
Home Front Re-enactors

Bantock House Wolverhampton

Bantock House Wolverhampton
Wartime re-enactors in the gardens

#BantockHouse War Weekend

#BantockHouse War Weekend
WWII Re-enactors

Goucester City travels back in time!

Goucester City travels back in time!
Home Front Re-enactor

Telford Railway 1940's Event

Telford Railway 1940's Event
Defending the Satation!

Spetchley Park and the Home Front

Spetchley Park and the Home Front
ARP Warden and Land Girl

Victory in Japan Day - 70th Anniversary

Victory in Japan Day - 70th Anniversary
15th August 1945

BANTOCK HOUSE WORLD WAR WEEKEND 2015

World War Weekend at Bantock House is the 5th and 6th September 2015!
The address is Bantock House, Finchfield Road, Wolverhampton WV3 9LQ.
Email markblackstock@wolvescivic.co.uk for details etc.



1940s weekend at Peak rail

1940s weekend at Peak rail
1940s Re-enactor at Matlock Station

WWII at Peak Rail

WWII at Peak Rail
Military Re-enactors at Rowsley South Station

Peak Rail 1940s Weekend

Peak Rail 1940s Weekend
Home Front Re-enactor

Radio Spy at Black Country Museum

Radio Spy at Black Country Museum
Combined forces at secret Y Station

Fashion Display at Black Country Museum

Fashion Display at Black Country Museum
1940s #Vintage clothes at the Schoolhouse

#BlackCountryMuseum

#BlackCountryMuseum
WWII Mine spotted!

#HomeFront Re-enactors at Black Country Living Museum

#HomeFront Re-enactors at Black Country Living Museum
Bombed out in the Blitz!

Croome - RAF Defford weekend 2015

Croome - RAF Defford weekend 2015
WWII Re-enactors

Wartime at Highley Station

Wartime at Highley Station
WWII Re-enactors and Display

Severn Valley Railway 1940s Re-enactment

Severn Valley Railway 1940s Re-enactment
Home Front Display

Bewdley Station SVR Worcestershire

Bewdley Station SVR Worcestershire
Stepping back to wartime Britain

Severn Valley Railway "Stepping Back to the 1940's"

Severn Valley Railway "Stepping Back to the 1940's"
Homefront Re-enactors at Bewdley Station

#Severn Valley Railway 1940s Event

#Severn Valley Railway 1940s Event
French Resistance Re-enactor

Kemp Hospice Charity at Bewdley Station

Kemp Hospice Charity at Bewdley Station
Vintage and 1940s Fashion stall
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Toddington Station Gloucestershire

Toddington Station Gloucestershire
Happy Re-enactors at GWSR

Memories of World War II

Memories of World War II

1940s# re-enactment at Quorn and Woodhouse Station

1940s# re-enactment at Quorn and Woodhouse Station
Wartime at Great Central Railway

WWII Music and Entertainment

WWII Music and Entertainment
from Kevin Mack

Wartime remembered at Forge Mill Needle Museum

Wartime remembered at Forge Mill Needle Museum
1940s Re-enactors

1940s Remembered at Forge Mill Museum

1940s Remembered at Forge Mill Museum
World War II Re-enactors

Victory in Europe Day at Haden Hill

Victory in Europe Day at Haden Hill
The War's Over!

Wartime at the Toddington Steam Railway

Wartime at the Toddington Steam Railway
Homefront Re-enactor

WWII Listening Station

WWII Listening Station
With National HRO and Pye Radio

WWII Spy Suitcase Radio

WWII Spy Suitcase Radio
Y Station Re-enactment

WWII Re-enactor

WWII Re-enactor
Guarding the Home Front

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The Kings Speech

The Kings Speech
Rallying the nation

Defending WWII Britain

Defending WWII Britain
Churchill's hidden army

Kidderminster Station SVR

Kidderminster Station SVR

The Blitz Sisters

The Blitz Sisters

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