Roles

Households
The game takes place during the morning of Monday, December 23, 1940, in the aftermath of the bombings. There are five households in the game:

1. The Hendersons
2. The Empeys
3. The Engels
4. The Sklars
5. The Baileys

Each household has five or six members. All of these households live in Cheetham Hill, a neighbourhood located approximately 2.3 kilometers (1.4 miles) north of central Manchester.

Community members

1. Ernest (“Ernie”) Fletcher, a teenage amateur radio operator from Ontario, Canada, now living in Liverpool with his grandparents.
2. Dr. Garfield Williams, the dean of Manchester Cathedral
3. Mr. Leonard Johnson, a West African boxer, and air raid warden.
4. Mr. and Mrs. Khan, Cheetham Hill locals who are customers at Greenep’s Tobacco and Sweet Shop.

A Map of the City of Manchester in the Year of its First Civic Week, A.D.1926, University of Manchester, Map Collection