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Once again lives were affected by outside factors. The depression of the late nineteen twenties and the early nineteen thirties was followed by WWII and the aftermath from that. Initially, certainly in the poorest families, there was the difficulty of coping with there often being no jobs and therefore very little money available to buy what was needed. Then when the war came, so did rationing. Food was scarce and limited. Men were in the armed forces so women again took over their jobs in factories and offices and even in delivering the fighter planes from where they were built to where they were needed at the various airfields all around the country. For those children who were not actually evacuated, it could mean far more time being spent with grandparents while their mothers worked. In the years between the wars, the middle class and wealthier women, those with servants, would join clubs, attend coffee mornings or, if in a city, spend time out shopping. Holidays at the seaside became a regular thing even among the working class. They would often stay in a guest house, usually with quite strict rules. Sometimes they weren't allowed back in during the day and they could only have a bath on certain days. In 1936 Billy Butlin opened the first holiday camp with chalets and entertainment and far more freedom.
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