"For a long time you didn't believe that it was real" : living through World War II in Hamilton: Depression

"For a long time you didn't believe that it was real" : living through World War II in Hamilton

		Background
		Family
		Education
		Southwell School
		Holidays
		Values
		Social
		Hamilton
		Depression
		Marsden
		Entertainment
		Effect of World War II
		Social
		World War II
		Women's Auxiliary Volunteer Corps

Depression

Huge effect on family as struggle to keep school going, father sought out pupils, fee payment in kind.

Not much money for Christmas and holidays. "A lot less treats". Parents didn't discuss it. Remembers tramps coming to the school. Financial strain of sending girls to boarding school (Marsden College).