Unheard Stories (3 minute version)

Life in the 1940's - Local deaf people tell their own stories of life during the 1940's. Topics include rationing, school life, gas masks, evacuees and VE day celebrations.

Full film contains the following chapters:

1. War Rations
2. School Experiences
3. Gas Masks
4. War Memories
5. Occupations
6. Air Raids
7. Bombings
8. Evacuees
9. Prisoners of War
10. VE Day: 1945

Produced by Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service with the help of Zebra Uno and Deansfield School, Wolverhampton.

Funded by Wolverhampton City Council, Renaissance West Midlands and the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.

History Today magazine Local History Award winner, January 2008.

Contact: Linda Ellis, Bantock House, Finchfield Road, Wolverhampton, WV3 9LQ. 01902 552 195

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