Home Sweet Home Front - WEBSITE

<body background="../images/gif/hshf_img_backgroundcol.gif"> <table border="0" width="100%" height="470"> <tr> <td width="38%" height="466"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="7"><img border="0" src="../images/jpeg/hshf_img_homesweethomefront.jpg" alt="Home Sweet Home Front - Welcome Image" align="left" width="291" height="436"></font></td> <td width="5%" height="466"> </td> <td width="119%" height="466"> <p align="center"><font face="Book Antiqua" color="#FFFFFF" size="4"><b>Home Sweet Home Front Website</b></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Book Antiqua" size="1">If you are viewing this text, your browser lacks the ability to read frames. Don't worry, you can still enjoy the Home Sweet Home Front Website. All of the pages can be viewed by simply clicking on the button below.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="hshf_sidebar_tem_noframes.htm"><img border="0" src="../images/gif/hshf_img_rightpoint.gif" alt="Home Sweet Home Front - Contents" width="28" height="28"></a></p> <p align="center"><b><font face="Book Antiqua" color="#FFFFFF" size="4">Introduction</font></b></p> <p align="left"><b><font face="Book Antiqua" color="#000000" size="3">M</font></b><font face="Book Antiqua" color="#000000" size="1">uch has been written about Britain's Military role in World War Two.  From the Outbreak of hostilities in 1939 to peace in 1945, accounts of Britain's early struggle through to her eventual victory are well documented.</font></p> <p align="left"><b><font face="Book Antiqua" color="#000000" size="3">B</font></b><font face="Book Antiqua" color="#000000" size="1">ut what of those left behind?  Those civilians of the home front left to face their own hardships and the ever changing times.  How did they cope with the restrictions of rationing?  How did they come to terms with the frightening reality of air raid bombings?  How did British women overcome male disdain and evolve from their recognised role of home makers to that of the working women of the 'Women's Royal Voluntary Service (WVS)', munitions factories, the 'Women's Land Army (WLA)' and the such like?</font></p> <p align="left"><b><font face="Book Antiqua" color="#000000" size="3">T</font></b><font face="Book Antiqua" color="#000000" size="1">he 'Home Sweet Home Front' web site has been designed to go some way to give insight into what it was really like for those heroes and heroines of the British home front during World War Two- click and enjoy!</font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Book Antiqua"><b><font color="#000000" size="1">Please Note</font></b><font size="1"><font face="Verdana" color="#000000">:</font> <font face="Verdana" color="#800080"><b>www.homesweethomefront.co.uk</b></font><font color="#000000"> is best viewed with a screen resolution of 1024 by 768 pixels (as determined by the settings on your control panel's display properties).</font></font></font></p> <p align="center"><strong><font size="1" face="Book Antiqua">© hshf - Page last updated 07 July 2025</font> </strong> </p> </td> </tr> </table>