Rationing really wasn’t that bad, they had ample bread, beer, and honey. Yes some other things weren’t available, but people weren’t wasting away in the streets, they’d just use egg powder instead of eggs.
The bombings of major cities were bad, but as a kid he was likely carted off to the countryside, and as a Scottish kid living on the outskirts of Edinburgh, unless he lived in Peterhead or Aberdeen during the Blitz, but as a kid who lived around Edinburgh, he was probably fine.
As for general pollution, I think you’re either mixing up Victorian-era UK, or current UK’s toxic dumping scandal. The points in between there were pretty bad if you lived in London, sure. Anywhere else though…? UK’s got lots of countryside.
My grandpa was his age growing up in Newcastle and he had his school bombed and went into a bomb shelter in the back garden once a week. Only the rich kids were sent out to the country side.
I feel like I’ve been lied to by Goodnight, Mr Tom. I thought there was a nationwide effort to send kids away. Of the shelter photos ive seen of people sleeping in the Tube, they’re always devoid of kids
Between bombings, rationing, and the general pollution of the UK, it’s a wonder he lived as long as he did.
Rationing really wasn’t that bad, they had ample bread, beer, and honey. Yes some other things weren’t available, but people weren’t wasting away in the streets, they’d just use egg powder instead of eggs.
The bombings of major cities were bad, but as a kid he was likely carted off to the countryside, and as a Scottish kid living on the outskirts of Edinburgh, unless he lived in Peterhead or Aberdeen during the Blitz, but as a kid who lived around Edinburgh, he was probably fine.
As for general pollution, I think you’re either mixing up Victorian-era UK, or current UK’s toxic dumping scandal. The points in between there were pretty bad if you lived in London, sure. Anywhere else though…? UK’s got lots of countryside.
My grandpa was his age growing up in Newcastle and he had his school bombed and went into a bomb shelter in the back garden once a week. Only the rich kids were sent out to the country side.
I feel like I’ve been lied to by Goodnight, Mr Tom. I thought there was a nationwide effort to send kids away. Of the shelter photos ive seen of people sleeping in the Tube, they’re always devoid of kids