PUPILS at a Cheshire primary school near Whitchurch have been given a taste of the ‘Home Front’ during the Second World War with a special ‘1940s day’.

Children across all ages at Tushingham-with-Grindley Church of England Primary School, off the A41, came to school in costumes from the war, with many Land Girls, lots of evacuees and even a member of the French Resistance.

They were joined by members of the Crewe & District Vehicle Club who brought a Willys Jeep, an Austin Champ and a Bedford QLR while nearby farm Bell of the Hill loaned one of their antique tractors.

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Rosie Hunt, Years 5 and 6 teacher at the school and overseeing the project, explained the thinking behind the day.

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“We’ve been doing this a project mainly with Years 5 and 6 at the school over the last few months,” she said.

“We’re trying to learn as much as we can about our local area during the Second World War and this has been organised with the help of our parents too, which has been important.

“We wanted to focus on the Home Front and what happened here in our area during the war and how things were.

“The family of one of our parents is the third generation and have been farming the land here since after the war.

“The pupils wanted to know more about how families that were in our area went by and that’s what we’ve focused on.

“The only section that we’ve completed on conflict has been with our Years 5 and 6 but for the local area Home Front studying, that’s been a whole school project.

“It follows on from the study of the First World War memorial at St Chad’s Church that our younger pupils went to see last term.”

Mrs Hunt added her own personal thanks to all participated in the day.

“I’m so proud of the pupils and parents,” she said.

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“Every single one of them have just blown us away.

“The loveliest thing about this event and project is that families of our pupils have then brought in memories of their own, such as medals and it’s led to a big discussion on what each person’s family did during the war.

“I want to say a huge thank you to everyone and also to the Royal British Legion who visited every class in the morning.”