WW1 HIGH STREET By Lavina and Emily

This is Midsomer Norton now During World War 1, the high street looked very different from how it is today. There were no supermarkets or shopping centres. Shops were smaller and many were named after the families who owned them. This is Midsomer Norton railway In ww1 This is Midsomer Norton now

The shop called keepers… In world war one shop keepers took there goods outside the shop and then they would bring them in at closing time. To buy things in ww1 people needed to go to different shops like the butcher for meat, The tailor for clothes , the baker for bread and the greengrocer for fruit and veg.

Posters on walls but what for ? …….. There were lots of posters on walls and notice boards encouraging people to support the war Every high street had a recruitment office where men could join the army or navy. Often, groups of friends from the same town or workplace would join up together in Pals Battalions

Jobs that were left behind The jobs they left behind were taken by women who had previously worked at home as servants in domestic service.

The home front Newspaper sellers stood on the pavement, shouting the latest war headlines. Horse-drawn vehicles rattled by and on the motor buses and trams, women drivers and conductors could be seen in their new, smart uniforms darkness fell, the shops closed and gas street lamps were lit. From the start of the war, towns closer to the coast had to be dark at night in case of air raids. When the bells were rung to warn people of an attack, all vehicles had to drive without lights.