It's funny you should mention the country, Audrey, because one of the children did ask would people out in the country still be able to keep bees and get honey - "Oh yes", I said "And they would keep chickens and have more than our ration of one egg per week - and the would keep pigs and be able to have more bacon and pork" Marged The culture shock of a different language and rural farming area would have been extreme. i know one of mother's friends son suffered all his life as a result. We were 5 when war broke out. His faather had lost a leg in the First World war. Audrey --