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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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More about this theme & how to playwartime wireless word search · free, large-print, no sign-up · BBC, Vera Lynn, ITMA, 1940s radio
Wartime Wireless: a free large-print word search
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 Nostalgia & Eras
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
- 1Find a word from the list.Press the first letter and drag to the last — across, down or diagonally, forwards or back. Or tap the first letter, then the last.
- 2It stays marked.Found words get a soft teal line through them, on the grid and in the list.
- 3Make it comfortable.Use the A / A+ / A++ size control any time, or pinch the grid for a closer look.
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