Amazing how the Brits were so resilient during the Battle of Britain.
I remember reading about how John Lennon's mom sought refuge in the Tubes.
Much of that resilience came from Winston Churchill’s radio talks.
We know some Brit survivors from WWII as friends.
Besides the bombing, much of London was without heat or electricity to make the survivors miserable.
Food was rationed as well as everyday clothing undies, socks and simple undershirts.
Often they didn’t hear from their service men in Africa and other areas. Ships were seldom in a home port.
After the war was over, food and common everyday stuff was scarce and often not available over a year.
One of our friends left at the age 18 to get warm and to eat on a regular basis. She went to Canada and it was cold and not much better except for the food. She met a Yank airman and married him and has never returned to the old sod.
My wife takes care of an elderly woman born in England. At the early part of the war she and her siblings were sent out to the countryside to get away from the bombing. The family that took them in got government funds to care for them - but then fed them only a bowl of porridge each day and pocketed the rest!
The kids were returned home, and they spent many nights in the tubes, but at some point the family decided they would just leave it to fate and stayed at home.