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Having viewed and immensely enjoyed PBS' reality TV show of "Manor House", I eagerly purchased PBS' "1940's House". Of the two aforesaid British "Reality Series", I really adored "1940's House" series. My adoration of "1940's House" was mainly due to my admiration of the Hymers family-- a 21st century family consisting of a man, women, grown daughter and her two (2) sons that went "back in time" to live as "everyday" folks during World War II in England (in a suburb of London).The Hymers, upon viewing this series, became so very enduring to me. What resilience and humor they exhibited while faced with many adverse conditions (i.e., disruptive and frightening air raids, extreme physical exhaustion from the work load increases, extreme shortages of food, clothing, basic necessities such as toilet paper, gasoline, heating fuel, water, etc). I especially grew to adore the mother/grandmother/wife, Lyn. Lyn, in the series, worked so very hard at home taking on the extreme challenges of running a 1940s household without any of the 21st century useful gadgets that we all take for granted while , at the same time, doing volunteer work at a Nursing Home. She successfully managed the aforesaid maintaining wonderful humor especially about her 1940-style "knickers"--she, in the series "1940's House", is a delight. Likewise and surprising to me, I really enjoyed the grandsons/sons Ben (age 10) and Thomas (age 7)--always taking all "hardships" in their stride and able to see the lighter side of all the deplorable things that were happening; it was just a splendid adventure to the boys. Compared to the folks in "Manor House", I found the family in "1940's House" very delightful.NO there is no actual bombing shown in this series only simulations of actual bombings though the speakers installed in the home and in the family's "air-raid shelter". The family, of course, reacted to these simulations as if they were "real". What were "real" were the shortages, rationings and hardships the family was experiencing. As Lyn stated at the end of the six (6) weeks they spent recreating "1940's House", all of the Hymers really grew to understand and appreciate what the actual families of the 1940s in Britain endured during the "War Years".
