“We had to go to the library to get gas masks,” she said ... in our Sunday story, “Blitz Kids,” about life as an English youngster during World War II. Did you know?

Lasting for 267 days, the Blitz rendered 1.4 million people homeless and killed 9,000 civilians in London. Buildings were torn to shreds, walls crumbed, families were displaced. Because of the ...

Sometimes parents have to explain things to their kids in more child-friendly terms. During World War II, that meant outfitting a child with a weird Mickey Mouse gas mask. It was 1942, just about ...

Tom fully understands the site's terms and conditions. I remember the child gas masks - the type which held the baby inside!! Babies hated going into them, not because they were frightened by the ...

Gas mask on the kids and grown ups fitting went on in schools and church halls until we all had these square cases with a smell of rubber and funny little nozzle on the front to let out the air.

If the latter were true, Israel wouldn’t the first country to make gas mask time fun for kids. Check out these Mickey Mouse masks, one of 1,000 manufactured post-Pearl Harbor: The story behind ...

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For years, claims have spread on social media platforms that a Mickey Mouse gas mask was produced during World War II. The oldest social media post we found that contained the claim was posted on ...

However, since adult masks were too heavy and frightening for children to wear, Disney helped to create a mask for kids ... WWII against chemical warfare produced efforts to make child-friendly ...

I remember my gas mask which used to terrify me. It felt as though I would suffocate when I put it on. We used to have to take these masks to school every day, they folded up and fitted into small ...

Mike Chandler interviewed by Radio Buernsey. The recording transcribed and edited by John David I………. Do you ever question why you were sent from a safe place ...

The children, ages 3 and 5, make a game of putting on their gas masks and protective clothing in preparation for whatever natural or man-made disaster might strike. "My son likes to put on the big ...