1940S HOME (SHIRE) (PB)

The 1930s semi became the wartime home of the 1940’s with the addition of anti-blast tape to the windows, sandbags round the door, and a Morrison shelter in the kitchen. For those whose houses were damaged or destroyed, or those moved out of their homes by post-war rehousing schemes, the picture was very different. For many the pre-fab became home and new estates, different from anything tried before the war, rose from the bomb sites, offering state-of-the-art sanitisation and modern facilities to thousands.