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- displays on food rationing and also evacuees
- very informative film on development of the Lancaster bomber and
other aircraft used by RAF Bomber Command
- a NAAFI diorama
- newspapers from the 1940s available to read
- somewhere to make a cup of tea or coffee!
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The Home Front is conveniently located about
halfway round the museum tour. Convenient because this is
somewhere that you can relax and make a cup of tea or coffee or
have a cold drink. Snacks, in terms of crisps and bars of
chocolate, are also available. There is nobody on duty and payment
is made through the use of an Honesty Box. Comfortable seating is
provided and there is a selection of WW2 newspapers to read. If
you have brought your own food then you are quite welcome to
consume this here or on one of the picnic tables outside.
Display boards on the walls give a considerable
amount of information on what life was like during the 1940s.
Individual boards cover such diverse subjects as evacuees,
food-rationing, make-do-and-mend and recipes for simple meals
using the foodstuffs that were available at the time.
The DVD playing here always attracts a lot of
attention – not only because of the quality but also the
content. The film is mainly about the development and use of the
most well-known of the RAF bombers, the Avro Lancaster but, of
necessity this also brings into the overall picture information
and footage about its predecessor, the Manchester and its
successor, the Lincoln.
A NAAFI diorama completes the scene with
uniforms, insignia, cutlery & crockery and other smaller items
which will be easily recognised if you have ever been into a NAAFI
establishment anywhere in the world.
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