THE HOME FRONT (1939-45)
Audiobook 2xCD on CD41 label
ISBN: 978-1-906310-09-7

An evocative double-disc set, The Home Front features 150 minutes of rare material recorded 1939 and 1945. The 45 tracks cover all aspects of life on the Home Front in Britain during the Second World War, from Neville Chamberlain's historic announcement of 'war with Germany' at 11.15 am on Sunday 3 September 1939, the CDs cover evacuation, anti-invasion measures, the Home Guard, the Blitz, food rationing, salvage, war work, agriculture, fuel saving, mass observation, rumours, the V-1 and V-2 menace, and finally VE Day on 8 May 1945. All the recordings featured are first-hand accounts made at the time, and include civilians, evacuees, ARP and civil defence personnel, military leaders, RAF pilots, AA gunners and politicians, as well as actuality recordings made during raids and inside shelters. To purchase CD click here. To read liner notes click here.


THE HOME FRONT 1939-45 CD41-031 £12.50
All materials are authentic wartime recordings which have been carefully digitally remastered for CD. The booklet includes archive images and detailed historical notes by James Hayward. To read liner notes click here.

Full tracklist:

disc one:
1. NEWS BULLETIN 3.9.1939
2. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN: WAR WITH GERMANY
3. ADDRESS BY KING GEORGE VI
4. EVACUEES LEAVE LONDON 1940
5. HOME GUARD APPEAL
6. LORD HAW HAW: BLITZKRIEG
7. WINSTON CHURCHILL: We shall fight on the beaches
8. IF THE INVADER COMES
9. SALVAGE APPEAL
10. DOVER: HELLFIRE CORNER
11. VOLUNTEER ARP WARDEN
12. BATTLE OF BRITAIN: SPITFIRE PILOT
13. NEWS: THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN 15.9.1940
14. FARMERS UNDER FIRE
15. THE BLITZ: BLACK SATURDAY
16. LONDON WEDDING BLITZED
17. MAX MILLER: MY FIRST ARP EXPERIENCE
18. MANCHESTER AIR RAID SHELTER
19. ED MURROW: SOMERSET IN WARTIME
20. WORK OF THE WVS
21. MASS-OBSERVATION 1941

disc two:
1. WORKERS' PLAYTIME 1941
2. WOMEN AT THE BENCHES
3. NEWS: RAIDS ON BRITAIN 10.1.1941
4. 5 TO 1 ON THE LAND
5. NEWS: JAPAN ENTERS THE WAR 7.12.1941
6. GERT & DAISY: THE KITCHEN FRONT
7. BAEDEKER RAID ON EXETER 1942
8. LONDON CABBIE IN THE BLITZ
9. CANTEEN CONCERT IN SCOTLAND
10. EVACUEES: CHRISTMAS MESSAGES 1942
11. NEWS: ITALY SURRENDERS 1943
12. THE BRAINS TRUST: HAPPINESS
13. TOMMY HANDLEY: PUT IT OUT
14. NEWS: D-DAY LANDINGS 6.6.1944
15. V-1 FLYING BOMB ACTUALITY
16. V-1 ATTACKS: AA COMMAND
17. RAF FIGHTER FLIPS V-1
18. WORLD & HOME NEWS 30.8.1944
19. V-2 ATTACKS ON LONDON
20. NEWSFLASH: HITLER IS DEAD 1.5.1945
21. VE DAY: NEWS BULLETIN 8.5.1945
22. VE DAY: WINSTON CHURCHILL & CROWDS
23. VE DAY WEATHER FORECAST
24. A GLASGOW MOTHER

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