Ellen Parr has always been sure she never wanted children.
But when she finds a young girl asleep & unclaimed at the
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On 22 June 1940 France surrendered to Germany & the invasion of Britain seemed a very real possibility. The Home Guard was formed to defend our villages & towns. Members came from reserved occupations, those who had failed their medicals, the elderly & the young, with miners & farmers training alongside former majors. Their weapons & ammunition were negligible at first, but slowly these amateur soldiers began to produce professional results. In this unique book of reminiscences about life on the home front, we see these men as they practise with pitchforks & fall into ditches after a pint or two of ale on the job. But we also see them learning how to fire grenades after a day studying engineering & undertaking night watches after exhausting factory shifts
- knowing they could be the last stop between the enemy & their families & homes.