tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post1766169836650284795..comments2024-03-26T06:45:32.717+00:00Comments on Circle of the Year: The Home FrontRowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13679130612798888266noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-76819347929996553282008-01-22T15:16:00.000+00:002008-01-22T15:16:00.000+00:00I'm really interested in this era as well, but mor...I'm really interested in this era as well, but more from a British perspective than a North American one (where I currently live). Most wartime stuff here that I find is related to the American experience, not what I'm interested in.<BR/><BR/>I watched the 1940s House and really enjoyed it, in fact I wish I had it on video. The books you mention look really interesting.<BR/><BR/>I frequently get a British magazine, Best of British, and they have a lot of information there on 1940s weekends and events and I often think that if I still lived at home I'd get involved in those. The books and leaflets you show would make fascinating reading!<BR/><BR/>I can't imagine what it must have been like to live rationing. The 1940s House covered that well. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing, it's a wonderful collection!JacquiGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06580912233349212417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-68724341645660058462008-01-21T13:25:00.000+00:002008-01-21T13:25:00.000+00:00I loved your post as I have a great interest in th...I loved your post as I have a great interest in this period,I was born in 1947 and can remember the end of rationing.My Mother,who is still alive aged 88 years gave me the ration books to play with but unfortunately they were not saved.Mrs Milburn's diary is fascinating and I hope to aquire some more of the diaries you mention.I have several Women's magazines from the period as I collect old magazines from as far back as I can get them as domestic history is one of my main interests.Rosemary UKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11736660949097379171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-4101651279192881632008-01-19T02:28:00.000+00:002008-01-19T02:28:00.000+00:00Hi Rowan,I read this post and thought I had commen...Hi Rowan,<BR/><BR/>I read this post and thought I had commented on it, but it looks now as if I didn't. I did send a link to this post to a friend who I knew would be interested. I found the rationing info fascinating - these are wonderful bits of history ...<BR/><BR/>Have a good weekend. I hope you are going to keep blogging!!katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03979577122006222781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-4820669977345736752008-01-18T17:31:00.000+00:002008-01-18T17:31:00.000+00:00Rowan, I wonder how we spoiled modern people - esp...Rowan, <BR/><BR/>I wonder how we spoiled modern people - especially us Americans, would handle rationing? Not well, I'm thinking. Or maybe we would rise to the occasion.<BR/><BR/>I think women's diaries - be they your WWII diaries or those of our pioneer women - are excellent tools in revealing the histories of their times.<BR/><BR/>Thanks so much for sharing your collection.<BR/><BR/>JulieJuliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17693598787241469220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-68597379290067576302008-01-18T01:03:00.000+00:002008-01-18T01:03:00.000+00:00What a wonderful post! It reminded me of the exhib...What a wonderful post! It reminded me of the exhibition at the Museum of London, the WWII part!<BR/>I love vintage things, especially from the 50's. I have been collecting knitting pattern magazines from then and I also have some clothing.C+SKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12196263814809973878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-34751670675228881912008-01-16T21:21:00.000+00:002008-01-16T21:21:00.000+00:00What a fascinating entry, Rowan, thank you for sha...What a fascinating entry, Rowan, thank you for sharing it. I loved the Wartime Kitchen and Garden series and would love to see it again. This is a great collection and you look so lovely in that outfit, the style really suits you.<BR/><BR/>Kim xKimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15696026498050233726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-41616161484085755162008-01-14T03:39:00.000+00:002008-01-14T03:39:00.000+00:00I am fascinated with that whole era. I enjoy nothi...I am fascinated with that whole era. I enjoy nothing more than the British films made during the war, with their not so subtle flag waving and stiff upper lips. <BR/>Some years ago all the war brides in the small town where we lived, published a cook book, from old recipes they had used. It was excellent. I still make a very moist chocolate cake from one of them..<BR/>xxSheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06731396546695910306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-67467569847457236132008-01-14T01:18:00.000+00:002008-01-14T01:18:00.000+00:00I'm just now getting here, Rowan. I love this pos...I'm just now getting here, Rowan. I love this post. What wonderful treasures you have. That photo of you and Johnny is priceless, too!<BR/><BR/>PatPAThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12891387278850772808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-27284502342409660832008-01-10T04:34:00.000+00:002008-01-10T04:34:00.000+00:00What an amazing collection you have, Rowan. I enj...What an amazing collection you have, Rowan. I enjoyed looking at all the photos and the personal note is too funny! <BR/>KelliKellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12959889019639336499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-56503469286864169572008-01-09T22:58:00.000+00:002008-01-09T22:58:00.000+00:00What a wonderful post, I love to hear stories abou...What a wonderful post, I love to hear stories about WW2. And from other parts of the world gives such different insight. I have caugut up on your last post as well. I love the hats and you look fetching in the Edwardian hat, it is beautiful. But of course I love hats, that would have been a fun lecture!Andylynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04634072460146378411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-25438505691351368472008-01-09T09:23:00.000+00:002008-01-09T09:23:00.000+00:00Great post Rowan! I've still got my 'identity car...Great post Rowan! I've still got my 'identity card' somewhere amongst the photos in the biscuit tin, under the stairs. <BR/>Have you read 'diary of a provincial lady'? One of my favourites.Lynda (Granny K)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00769451312708886145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-28173272977330525222008-01-08T17:48:00.000+00:002008-01-08T17:48:00.000+00:00Oh I love this post rowan!when my nan visits i alw...Oh I love this post rowan!<BR/>when my nan visits i always get her to tell me tales of the war as my family on my mums side all lived in one long street in Portsmouth so there are lots of stories to hear, even if i have heard them before! stories about the blitz, how their street was never bombed, the sound of the 'doodle bugs' and going off hop picking...a frightening time but amazinglaoi gaul~williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13461210264595425112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-35974089235125293042008-01-07T19:26:00.000+00:002008-01-07T19:26:00.000+00:00I read the Wartime Kitchen and Garden book cover-t...I read the Wartime Kitchen and Garden book cover-to-cover and found it so interesting. I am really interested in the Dig for Victory campaign and how it made variety of diet possible and also gave some amount of control to the average person, as to what they could eat. Whereas the Ministry of Food were very controlling (for good reason). It also makes one wonder how feasible something like that would be today - everyone growing a good portion of their own food - I know our neighbours had a pig during the war and everyone fed into the slop-bucket and got a share of the meat back at the end. Now that is a fantastic idea!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-92127343086244805762008-01-07T15:30:00.000+00:002008-01-07T15:30:00.000+00:00I've enjoyed looking at your collecction so much. ...I've enjoyed looking at your collecction so much. Thanks for sharing it.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07208766776468157501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-19892987312009849512008-01-07T08:46:00.000+00:002008-01-07T08:46:00.000+00:00What a wonderful collection Rowan. I was reading ...What a wonderful collection Rowan. I was reading in the paper recently about somebody who collects Ration Books and I remember my mum's old one that she use to keep in a box under the stairs (not sure where it ended up though). Some of the recipes are certainly inventive! It does make me realise just how wasteful a society we are now though.<BR/>KimxRagged Roseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08339985100168927169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-9256841451436451632008-01-07T04:11:00.000+00:002008-01-07T04:11:00.000+00:00Thank you so much for sharing your photos. I too e...Thank you so much for sharing your photos. I too enjoy reading about WWII history, coupon rationing, and cooking. Have you read, "Once Upon A Town" by Bob Green? If your library cannot locate it, perhaps you can get it off of the internet. I enjoyed it thoroughly.Gypsy Quilterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18192303145122990677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-74353506356930384402008-01-07T01:21:00.000+00:002008-01-07T01:21:00.000+00:00How fascinating, Rowan! I love looking through vi...How fascinating, Rowan! I love looking through vintage magazines, cook books and best of all, journals, to see how women coped in the past. I can't imagine cooking for a WEEK with those rations! Those hats in your previous post are gorgeous! ~ ♥ LyndaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-43637355139545612102008-01-06T12:38:00.000+00:002008-01-06T12:38:00.000+00:00What a wonderful post. I too find that tine period...What a wonderful post. I too find that tine period fascinating, and what a treasure trove the box from the secondhand shop turned out to be! I found the list of rations amazing- I don't know how so many people got by for so long on what look more like daily rations to me. Thank you for sharing your collection- I had a lovely time looking at it this morning.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01880283983722293805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-44946714788428456312008-01-06T03:05:00.000+00:002008-01-06T03:05:00.000+00:00I love your collection of goodies! I'm with you to...I love your collection of goodies! I'm with you too, I adore old magazines, books etc especially those from wartime. Although I wasn't alive back then the literature really gives us a glimpse into what it was like back then.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076349937962262361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-29029199140013348542008-01-05T16:37:00.000+00:002008-01-05T16:37:00.000+00:00Another wonderful post, Rowan. I've always been i...Another wonderful post, Rowan. I've always been interested in this period of history, and fascinated by the every day courage of people who endured deprivation and loss in the midst of falling bombs.<BR/><BR/>I've tried to find Mrs. Milbourn's diaries, but no luck so far.<BR/><BR/>I have the old movie, Mrs. Miniver, and although it's a hokey old American film, each time the fleet of little boats braves the sea to assist in the rescue of the men stranded at Dunkirk, tears roll down my cheeks.Linda G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10363689622473649154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-74957823941012828662008-01-05T14:55:00.000+00:002008-01-05T14:55:00.000+00:00I too have a fascination with that era. I have a w...I too have a fascination with that era. I have a wonderful book written by a lady and probably published on a very small scale about the WW2 era in my area. It is called Mrs. GI Joe and is an account of the way the women married to soldiers lived while they were away in the war. I am from NC, USA, where there was a large military presence due to the many bases here at the time. And this book is about a couple with a not very big house, and how they turned their home into boarding for the wives of the soldiers. So very many women, leaving their homes to follow their men and living in small spaces carved out of attics and back hallways.. often having their first children in such a place, and celebrating holidays and occasions without their loved one. It amazes me. I think of how cramped our own small house with one bathroom feels with 5 in it, and then realize these people took in up to 10 people in a house the same size.. shared a kitchen, had crying babies, etc. Anyway, I enjoy reading about that era... whether from Ms. Read and her accounts of buttons put in the Christmas pudding during a wartime cooperative pudding bake.. or watching as we did get 1940s House here. I enjoy sewing patterns from the era, as well as Red Cross patterns for knitting soldier socks and balaclavas. Your post was a joy to read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-67640336441827007162008-01-05T13:10:00.000+00:002008-01-05T13:10:00.000+00:00Oh, rowan, you have inspired me this morning - I'v...Oh, rowan, you have inspired me this morning - I've been searching through old tins of stuff that came from my mother's house and I've photographed some of the things I've found for a post on my blog - I've really enjoyed myself - thank you :)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-66081449590785059462008-01-05T12:11:00.000+00:002008-01-05T12:11:00.000+00:00Rowan,Comment I did. Word verification I did not....Rowan,<BR/>Comment I did. Word verification I did not...poof! Comment lost forever to the blogsphere.<BR/>To recap: A wonderful collection from a memorable era. It does us well to see the resolve and fortitude of our countrymen and renew our faith in the humann spirit.<BR/>My mom saved all her ration books etc. from that period which coincided with her marriage to my dad. (Interesting scrap books!)<BR/>relrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09030572981830789370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-36666490150196247562008-01-05T09:23:00.000+00:002008-01-05T09:23:00.000+00:00I vaguely remember the tv series. This is a really...I vaguely remember the tv series. This is a really interesting postBreezyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02725161176184207930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-29272432629831711632008-01-05T07:19:00.000+00:002008-01-05T07:19:00.000+00:00what a fab post! I too have several genuine reci...what a fab post! I too have several genuine recipe books from the period, I love them as well, such an insight into life then (my parents were born 1938 so real war toddlers!<BR/><BR/>Leanne xLeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09573431221299174647noreply@blogger.com