what was life like in britain during 1940?

On first observation of the subject in question, Willy walked into my room a nervous, tired old man who had clearly entered the first stages of clinical depression and was near breaking point, mentally and physically. His weary limbs crashed onto my chair as if he had not rested in days.

He said that he had been working hard for the good of his family and said he was the one who people came to if they needed something in New England. His ...