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Just to let you all know that my borther in law was ove the moon with his scapbook and especially with all you rinfo that i printed off and from the websites. Thank you soo much.

Hi Ann Well after the response you've had! Last year I got a dvd from 'amazon' for OH and my birth year, had it on video previously, it is fantastic, great footage of everything. Good luck Kim x

I was born................lol!! As was Bob Dylan Films released included Citizen Kane and The Maltese Falcon, and Dumbo. Reg

Thank you all of you Moe That site is great thanks

Ann, i use this site. type in his birthdate and you get everything from the day he was born on to the record/news favourite colour lucky number.....have a go its great...moe http;//www(.)paulsadowski(.)com/birthday(.)asp remove brackets ( )

Wow --thanks all of you what a lot I have to go on now. Sorry for not replying until now but I have been doing my voluntary job at school. This is great,you are so helpful.

I was born 9 days after your brother...a big event for me......and a result of my father going AWOL for 14 days in Dec 1940...a regular soldier he went home to see his wife.....

Events of 1941. January FDRoosevelt becomes presidentof USA for third term . A record. British airwoman Amy Johnson dies feared drowned. Baden Powell leader of scout movement dies. James Joyce Irish author dies in Swiss exile. February First case of septicaemia is treated successfullywith penicillin in England New price control of foodstuffs announced. Germany's Afrika Korps (Rommel fame) arrived in Tripoli The war is costing Great Britain £11 million a day. March Mobilisation of women power announced.Taking the place of men in the workforce. USA agrees Lease Lend with Britain. (Supplying war goods on 'Tick') British troops raid German occupied Norway. April The South East of England hit by new spring blitz by the Luftwaffe. MP's reject proposal to open on Sundays.theatres Yugoslavia invaded by German troops War Budget raises income taxto record 50% London bombed by 500 planes dropping100.000 bombs in an all night attack. Virginia Woolf believed to have drowned herself. May Yugoslavia defeated by German forces. Greece is occupied by German forces after battles with British and Greek forces. HMS Hood sunk by the German ship Bismark.Of her crew of 1421 only 3 srvived. The Bismark hunted by the Royal Navy finally sunk. Britains first jet powered aircraft (Gloster E28/39) made its first flight. Rudolph Hess lands in Scotland after flight from Germany . June Germany invaded Russia. July Clothing to be rationed with a temporary use of margerine coupons being used till coupons are printed. London had 15hours and 48 minutes of sunshine making the capitalssunniest dayof the century. The jazz pianist Jelly Roll Morton dies. August Atlantic Charter agreed September The Shah of Iran abdicates.The new Shah promises fair government. October Moscow under siege from German forces. Walt Disney's film Dumbo premiered. November The HMS Ark Royal has after being 'sunk ' on numerous occassions by the Germans finally sank after being torpedoed by an Italian submarineUSA warned of possible attack by Japan. December. On 7th December Japanwithout warning bombed Pearl Harbour . The USA declares war on the Axis forces. main participants Germany , Italy and Japan Unmarried womenBetween 20 1nd 30years of age will be called up. The age for call up of men lowered to 181/2 years Fierce fighting around the Russian city of Leningrad

When I was 40 my daughter got me a copy of the Times for the day I was born, it was facinating to read. Christie from 10 Rillington Place was up in court for the murders....... Not sure where you can get it from but I'm sure if you google it will be there. lol Brian

Utility clothing was produced to aid the economy and help the war effort and although not actually being of military manufacture it is arguably getting close to a 'civilian uniform'. Utility Clothing was introduced towards the end of 1941 by the British government with several purposes in mind. Raw materials (cloth, wool, leather etc.) were in short supply and had to be conserved. Manufactures needed to become more efficient in their working practices (Much of the skilled labour had left to fight). Clothing prices (which were increasing) needed to be kept down so that the civilian population could afford clothing of a reasonable quality. The Utility Clothing Scheme in the large part succeeded in these aims. Utility clothing was stamped or labelled with a utility mark (CC41), the two C's looking more like 'Pack Man' figures than letters, in an effort possibly to hide its true meaning i.e. Civilian Clothing 1941. A utility Jacket The government took control of the import and manufacture of raw materials and supplied cloth etc. to manufactures. Manufactures were encouraged to produce a limited range of garments and therefore produce longer runs of garments using this 'Utility' material. This obviously increased efficiency while reducing the choice available. The style of garments produced were also subject to 'austerity' regulations, which restricted how much cloth was used. For example, pockets were restricted, a maximum length for men's shirts was introduced and a ban on turn ups for men's trousers caused much heated debate. Utility Shoes Utility clothing was also subject to price regulations. Profits were restricted for both manufactures and retailers which resulted in Utility clothing being significantly cheaper than non-utility clothing when first introduced. This together with the initial dislike by some retailers of reduced profits may have given utility clothing its bad name. Although initially there was a great deal of hostility directed at Utility clothing by the general public this reduced as more of the clothing reached the shops. The public was surprised to discover that the clothing varied in style & colour and was generally hard wearing and good quality. The utility scheme was later to include furniture as well some other items and continued past the war until it was finally withdrawn in 1952

The years from 1940 to 1950 were a terrible period for families struggling to keep alive during the ebb and flow of war. Rationing and shortages meant that housewives were forced to provide meals for their children from very little or almost nothing By 1980 things had grown better - but then the 'fast-food' invasion arrived and traditional dishes, hand-made by mothers, began to disappear as 'convenience' became more important than 'quality'

Was 23rd August I know you'll think I am behind but we went on a family holiday to Jersey so it's photo's from then and some of him when he was young that I am putting in the scrapbook. Wow thanks you two that's great,Gwen been on wikepedia too --thanks

What date is his birthday!

20 Original hits from 1941 1.Billie Holiday - God Bless The Child 2.Glenn Miller - Chattanooga Choo Choo 3.Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey - It's Always You 4.Gene Autry - You Are My Sunshine 5.Duke Ellington - Showboat Shuffle 6.Dinah Shore - Shake Down The Stars 7.Benny Goodman - Air Mail Special 8.The Jack Teagarden Orchestra - A Hundred Years From Today 9.Harry Roy And His Band - Victory Roll Rag 10.The Earl Hines Orchestra - The Jitney Man 11.Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Take Me Back To Tulsa 12.Fats Waller - Rump Steak Serenade 13.Lena Horne - Stormy Weather 14.Freddy Martin - The Hut-Sut Song 15.Lonnie Johnson - Crowing Rooster Blues 16.Kay Kyser & His Orchestra - Praise The Lord & Pass The Ammunition 17.The Harry James Orchestra - You Made Me Love You 18.Count Basie - Basie Boogie 19.Tommy Dorsey - Yes Indeed! 20.Louis Armstrong - Chicago Breakdown

Heres a link. Lots of American stuff there but you can pick out some others too. http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:XFSJZrZN_xsJ:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941+%22events+of+1941%22&hl=en&gl=uk&ct=clnk&cd=1&ie=UTF-8 Gwyn

List of events however trivial that happened in 1941 or a good website. I'm doing a scrapbook for my Brother in Laws 65 th Borthday.