WW2 Talk: Put that Light Out - Wartime Law in the Berwick Area

Name: WW2 Talk: Put that Light Out - Wartime Law in the Berwick Area
Start: 2026-05-09T10:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-05-09T11:30:00+01:00
Location: Berwick Library

Schedule

Sat May 09 2026 at 10:30 am to 11:30 am

UTC+01:00

Location

Berwick Library | Berwick Upon Tweed, EN

During WW2, local people faced food and fuel rationing — and plenty of frustrations along the way! But how were these laws enforced… and how did some find clever ways around them?
Join local historian Phil Rowett for a fascinating talk that begins on the day war broke out and ends with an incredible true story — a stolen ambulance stopped by police gunfire at the Scotsgate in 1946.
All the examples come from right here in our area, offering a vivid picture of what life was really like on the Home Front between 1939 and 1945.