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Preparation
includes a photograph of filling
sandbags on Minehead beach, instructions to Head Teachers on action to
be taken in the event of an air raid, details of emergency rations to be
held in case of invasion, measures to combat enemy parachutists, a code
of conduct for civilians in the event of the enemy landing
Making do includes wartime recipes, advertisements by The National
Savings Committee and The Ministry of Food, appeals for local people to
grow more vegetables, household tips on making food go further and
making a luminous collar for the family dog so that he wouldn't be lost
in the blackout
Land Army girls includes statistics on the number of women in the
Land Army and the work they could do, reminiscences of women who served
in the Land Army and photographs of women at work on the land
Evacuees
includes advice issued by Somerset County Council to people taking in
evacuees,
reminiscences of people who were evacuated as children to Somerset,
extracts from school records showing friction between local and
evacuated children and the latter's admission to local schools, a
photograph of evacuees arriving at Minehead and a letter from a local
council concerning the number of billets available in the town
Enemy
action includes an account and photograph of bombing damage in
Wincanton, an account of the rescue of someone trapped in a bombed
building in Bath and a list of incidents in the Frome area
V E
day has a photograph of a street party held to celebrate the end of the
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