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Hazel Taylor's diaires captured the thrill of a nation emerging from the war years. They were adapted for BBC Radio 4's Writing The Century.

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The war is over; rationing goes on Featuring: audio, BBC

By Dr Barry Dackombe (The Open University), Hazel Taylor (Guest)

25 February 2009

Barry Dackombe shows how Hazel's diaries recorded the continuing shortages of a post-war world.  Read more : The war is over; rationing goes on

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Education in a post-war country Featuring: audio, BBC

By Dr Barry Dackombe (The Open University), Hazel Taylor (Guest)

17 February 2009

The changes in state education after the war opened up new opportunities - and Hazel was keen to take them.  Read more : Education in a post-war country

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Men and women in peacetime Featuring: audio, BBC

By Dr Barry Dackombe (The Open University), Hazel Taylor (Guest)

12 February 2009

The war had changed social mores - but did the peace mean a return to the old way of doing things?  Read more : Men and women in peacetime

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Writing what you know Featuring: audio, BBC

By Dr Barry Dackombe (The Open University), Hazel Taylor (Guest)

12 February 2009

Barry Dackombe says that even the everyday can provide inspiration for drama - if you know how to handle it.  Read more : Writing what you know

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The war is over; rationing goes on

Comment posted by neilgall

11 Jan 2010

Hello I'm a BBC World Service producer with the history programme Witness. We are looking for anyone who was around during the period of rationing, and who might have some stories to tell us from... Read more : The war is over; rationing goes on

Writing what you know

Comment posted by Unknown

20 Jun 2009

...you know[/URL].
is it possible to write what you don't know? Read more : Writing what you know

The war is over; rationing goes on

Comment posted by Unknown

20 Jun 2009

...was not too bad.
no: central heating , double glazing, colour television, telephone, divorce, internet Read more : The war is over; rationing goes on

Writing what you know

Comment posted by glh

11 Jun 2009

glh has started a thread discussing Writing what you know. Read more : Writing what you know

The war is over; rationing goes on

Comment posted by strangeoldman

02 Jun 2009

I was born in May 1946, just one year after the War ended and I can just about remember rationing. Being young and not knowing anything different, I just assumed that rationing was the way things... Read more : The war is over; rationing goes on

The war is over; rationing goes on

Comment posted by Unknown

27 Apr 2009

I soon learned to choose the smallest sweets possible for my weekly ration ('a qyarter' i.e. 4 ounces) as my mum would invariably bump into another mother accompanied by her child she and would... Read more : The war is over; rationing goes on

The war is over; rationing goes on

Comment posted by Mike Minogue

12 Mar 2009

I clearly remember the sweet rationing. It did not feel at all unusual, it was just the way things were. Careful descisions had to be made, Dolly Mixtures; Jelly Babes or my best value, Barley Sugar... Read more : The war is over; rationing goes on

The war is over; rationing goes on

Comment posted by Mike Minogue

12 Mar 2009

Mike Minogue has started a thread discussing Rationing. Read more : The war is over; rationing goes on

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Hazel Taylor's diaires captured the thrill of a nation emerging from the war years. They were adapted for BBC Radio 4's Writing The Century.

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