Diana Crossman talks about her life in Frome during the Second World War and recalls how she used to carry her father’s gas mask

Local firms including Nott’s Industries, Houston’s and Singer’s contributed to the war effort and Evans Engineering relocated to Frome

Hilary Daniel recalls preparations for war and Chamberlain’s declaration and describes life with gas masks, blackout inspectors, and evacuees

Isabel George worked for a catering firm which was regulated by the Food Office. She explains the importance of food and clothing coupons

Winifred Fairhurst talks about the men who came back from Dunkirk and how she married her soldier husband in 1942 when he got a 24 hour pass

John Burge talks about the American soldiers based at Marston during the war and how they would come into town to visit local pubs and dances

Jim White describes how local railings were removed for the war effort and recalls American, New Zealand and Australian soldiers being in Frome

Ray Daniel talks about how his mother took on the role of both parents after his father died, and worked at a munitions factory during the war

Muriel Chapman married in 1938. She discusses how two evacuees from the East End arrived on her doorstep at the beginning of the war

A reading from a letter by Zelda Brown, which describes her experience of being an evacuee in Frome during the Second World War