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Wartime Wireless

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Use the arrow keys to move between letters. Press Enter or Space on the first letter of a word, then again on the last letter. Press Escape to cancel.

A few of the words

ITMA
It's That Man Again, Tommy Handley's comedy show, began in 1939 and pulled in up to 16 million listeners at its wartime peak.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
FORCES
The BBC Forces Programme launched in 1940 specifically to entertain troops stationed at home and abroad, eventually evolving into the Light Programme.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
VERA
Vera Lynn's broadcasts to servicemen earned her the title 'The Forces' Sweetheart', a name that stayed with her for the rest of her long life.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
VALVES
Thermionic valves, fragile glass tubes that glowed amber in the dark, were the beating heart of every wireless set until transistors arrived in the 1950s.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Wartime wireless word search, free and large-print, evoking the BBC voices, Vera Lynn's songs and the glow of a valve set in the dark.

About Wartime Wireless

In the 1940s the wireless was more than entertainment, it was the nation's heartbeat. Families gathered close to the set each evening, straining through the static to catch a Forces Programme dance band or the warm irreverence of ITMA. Vera Lynn's voice, drifting through valves and aerial wire, carried a whole country's longing across the miles.

How to play

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    Find a word.Tap its first letter, then tap along to its last — the trail fills in and finishes itself when it spells a word. Or press the first letter and drag.
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    Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
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    It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft colour on the grid and is crossed off the list.
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    Choose a difficulty.Relaxed, Classic or Challenging set those directions and how much the word list helps — never the grid size. Tap the A buttons at the top to enlarge the letters, or pinch the grid.

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