BACK TO THE 1940'S AT KIDDERMINSTER STATION - SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY | 06.07.2024

[@cedarcam]

Really good video of what the weekend was really like not just trains passing by. Lots more to see than I expected with the house shops and police station. A lot of effort putting on those displays and some real interesting posters I have no seen before. My Father was in the blitz in Sheffield he did not say much about it apart from how lucky their house was not hit, others around were destroyed. In the shelter you had no idea what you would find after the raid, he said bombs hit every alternate street and you could tell if it would be your street next or over the top to the next but could not tell which house from the shelter they had to use. There are things I remember from years ago that were still used in our home on display brings back memories of what little we had back then and how house work has changed.

[@ph4ntomtr4in]

Thank you for your comment. I really learned a lot from the 1940's experience. As someone who was born in the 1990's it was a real culture shock to see what life was like that time. I would hear stories from my grandparents about how countryside towns and villages managed, especially with new additions to the household and the friendships formed long after. What striked me as powerful was the resilience of the people to carry on as best you could up until the very end. There was so much to take away from that day.

[@cedarcam]

@@ph4ntomtr4in It is hard to imagine how people coped. It is sad our community spirit is not as strong as it was back then, people coming together to help one another. Both my parents had experience of life through the war My Father as I said in Sheffield and my Mother as a land girl working on farms in North East. Quite a contrast. Neither had any of life's luxuries, Mother got a job that meant moving to Sheffield to try and get a better life. For a young lady that was very ambitious. It took years of working and saving before we had our own house. We don't realise how lucky we are now and should remember those days through events like this.

[@williamtacey7770]

When millions and billions of young teenagers gets up really early in the morning for School days from September to Christmas break ups 🏫🎄⬆️