The Project
Despite common misconceptions today, during the Second World War crime rose by a startling 57%. The blackouts provided a cloak for all sorts of wrongdoings, from looting to more serious crimes of passion.
What was originally intended to be a live performance has been revised and reimagined as a digital art project. Enter onto a street in London during the war. Explore the stories of ordinary people and how crime seeped into their lives. Discover more about our digital art project. Discover a street during the Blitz. Every house has a story, every house contains an episode.
Digital Resources for Teachers
Use our remote learning pack and create writing or audio drama to be embedded into the site (link above). Read a script, record it, and see it feature in the houses. Design work to feature in the galleries.
Resource Packs – Free to Download and Use
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943-44
1945
The Scripts – Free to Download and Use
Big Smoke
The Dead End Kids
Aida and Alfie
A Tonic
The Deserters
The Rules
Project Partners National Archives and the Imperial War Museum
Funded by The Heritage Fund
