Dear Blogger
THE HOME GUARD
Even as Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain arrived back from Munich in September 1938, claiming "Peace in our Time" all sorts of plans were being made which would affect everyone for many dark years to come.
Volunteers signed up for ARP wardens (Air Raid Precautions) but I doubt they had a lot to do in our village, except perhaps, shouting at people who let a chink of light out from their blackout curtains. Again, hardly necessary in this neck of the woods.
The Home Guard on the other hand had every ex soldier and lads too young to join up, rushing to join the Home Front - even if they did not have a uniform, gun or amunition for months.
See attached panels from the 2005 Home Front Exhibition.
