Members of the Llanon Section of the Home Guard met for training at the school. Mr Jones, the garage, was the sergeant so they often did drill near where Whitehall Garage is today. When they practiced marching along the main road, young boys would follow behind copying them.
Joining the Home Guard was especially popular with farm boys as they were given a pair of boots and a uniform. The sports days they organised were popular with everyone.
If the enemy had landed in Llanon, it was the job of the Home Guard to lead local resistance - the last line of defence.
'….we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender…..'
Winston Churchill June 4th 1940