East End At War
DOWNLOAD
Download East End At War PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get East End At War book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
Our Street
DOWNLOAD
Author : Gilda O'Neill
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2004-07-01
Our Street written by Gilda O'Neill and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-07-01 with History categories.
Our Street is the perfect companion to Gilda O'Neill's bestselling My East End. This book focuses on the lives of Londoners in the East End during the Second World War. Showing the concerns, hopes and fears of these so-called 'ordinary people' Our Street illustrates these times by looking at the every day rituals which marked the patterns of daily life during WWII. It is an important book and also an affectionate record of an often fondly remembered, more communal, way of life that has all but disappeared.
The War On Our Doorstep
DOWNLOAD
Author : Harriet Salisbury
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2012-04-12
The War On Our Doorstep written by Harriet Salisbury and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-12 with History categories.
London's East Enders are known for being a tough, humorous and lively lot. In the early 20th century, families crowded into single rooms, children played on the streets and neighbours' doors were never locked in case you needed an escape route from the police... World War 2 changed everything. During the Blitz, men set off for work never to return and rows of houses were reduced to rubble overnight. Yet the East Enders' ability to keep calm and carry on cemented their reputation for cheerful resilience. They say Hitler killed off the bugs but, along with the slums, the Blitz destroyed a way of life. After the war families were scattered - some to estates on the edge of London, others to isolated high-rise blocks. The old East End communities were gone forever. Told by the residents themselves, The War on Our Doorstep is an eye-opening, moving and laugh-out-loud depiction of the history of London's East End and what it means to be an East Ender.
East End At War And Peace
DOWNLOAD
Author : Michael Russell
language : en
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2014-04-28
East End At War And Peace written by Michael Russell and has been published by Troubador Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-28 with History categories.
Michael Russell’s work has captured the real essence of life in the East End of London between 1890 and 1961. Michael has collected together recollections from his own childhood and his family’s oral history in East End at War and Peace, bringing the past to life into one colourful story. Interspersed with the general history, this book is a unique look at the East End of London, from both a personal and a historical perspective. He retells his grandparent’s tales of trench warfare and the 1920s depression and his family fortunes at this time. He talks us through the 1930s, when the family was disturbed by the threat of war as they prepare for laughter and tears in the shelters. He revisits the scene when a V2 rocket plunged to earth near the family home on Cambus Road in 1944. From the VE day celebrations to the nuclear age, from the choking smogs that cover the East End post-war to the age of rock and roll as it infiltrated daily life, Michael’s book offers a glimpse of a life of a true East Ender.
East End At War
DOWNLOAD
Author : Rosemary Taylor
language : en
Publisher: History Press (SC)
Release Date : 2007-11
East End At War written by Rosemary Taylor and has been published by History Press (SC) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11 with East End (London, England) categories.
In this fascinating and evocative book, Rosemary Taylor and Christopher Lloyd recall the extraordinary effect of wartime on the lives of the inhabitants of the East End. The Boer War and the First World War form the early part of the story but it is the momentous events of the Second World War that fill the body of the book. After the British defeat at Dunkirk and the fall of France, Hitler's Luftwaffe was within easy reach of London. The East End and the docks in particular were in the front line during the Blitz, and for five difficult years the local people faced the direct threat of German air attack. The book records their role in the world war and vividly brings back to life the everyday realities and intense atmosphere of those troubled times. The book describes the anxious initial efforts made to organize the defence of the East End in the early years of the confrontation.It goes on to record the most significant events of the time - air raid protection and the evacuation of children, the departure of men and women who went into the armed forces, the economic changes and dislocation, the Battle of Britain and the horrors and destruction of the Blitz, then the random terror of the flying bombs and the eventual victory celebrations. Rosemary Taylor and Christopher Lloyd have selected a fascinating collection of photographs from the Tower Hamlets local history archives to show the impact of war on this distinctive area of London. The work will serve as a memorial to an exceptional period in the recent past of the East End and its people.
East End At War
DOWNLOAD
Author : Rosemary Taylor
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
East End At War written by Rosemary Taylor and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with categories.
The Great War Memory And Ritual
DOWNLOAD
Author : Mark Connelly
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Release Date : 2015
The Great War Memory And Ritual written by Mark Connelly and has been published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with History categories.
This title seeks to question the modern idea that the Great War was regarded as a futile waste of life by British society in the disillusioned twenties and thirties. It concentrates on the planning of, fund-raising for, and erection of war memorials.
East End Boys At War
DOWNLOAD
Author : David Brown
language : en
Publisher: Aesop Publications
Release Date : 2016-02-12
East End Boys At War written by David Brown and has been published by Aesop Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-12 with Fiction categories.
In this gripping sequel to David Brown's "East End Boys," we follow Wolfe, Asher and their partner Billy Reid and their families through the Second World War. In the early days of the war, after enrolling in the Auxiliary Fire Brigade in East London, day by day they fight the raging fires as thousands of incendiaries and high explosives fall around them. Meanwhile their wives, Eva, Sarah and Esther, have joined the WVS, driving their van to badly bombed areas, serving sandwiches and hot tea to the fire-fighters, homeless and the various services, searching the rubble looking for survivors. In the skies above, Wolfe's eldest son Isaac flies his Spitfire through the fast, furious adrenalin pumping battle against the invading Luftwaffe. Later, Asher's eldest son Abraham becomes an officer and is sent to France where he and his men are part of the retreat to Dunkirk. Wolfe's other son Saul is badly beaten by a loan shark and card club owner Bull Burgess and his two cronies over a gambling debt. When Wolfe finds out that Burgess cheats at cards, he decides to do something about it. During the bombing, unscrupulous people take advantage property-owners are in the shelters by entering their homes and stealing from them. One such man is Spider Munro. But when he comes up against the East End Boys he meets his match. As a deserter in an army prison he has even more incentive for revenge against the three firemen. Through the following turbulent years the East End Boys and their children call on their unwavering faith in God to survive the horrors of a devastating war.
Our East End
DOWNLOAD
Author : Piers Dudgeon
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-10-25
Our East End written by Piers Dudgeon and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-25 with History categories.
This ebook edition contains the full text version as per the book. Doesn't include original photographic and illustrated material. This oral history of London's East End spans the period after the First World War to the upsurge of prosperity at the beginning of the 60s - a time which saw fresh waves of immigrants in the area, the Fascist marches of the 30s and its spirited recovery after virtual obliteration during the Blitz. Piers Dudgeon has listened to dozens of people who remember this fiercely proud quarter to record their real-life experiences of what it was like before it was fashionable to buy a home in the Docklands. They talk of childhood and education, of work and entertainment, of family, community values, health, politics, religion and music. Their stories will make you laugh and cry. It is people's own memories that make history real and this engrossing book captures them vividly.
London At War 1939 1945
DOWNLOAD
Author : Philip Ziegler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
London At War 1939 1945 written by Philip Ziegler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with History categories.
Published to coincide with a major exhibition at the Imperial War Museum, this book tells the story of London's experiences of war from 1939 to 1945. It describes the Phoney War, the blackouts, the first evacuations and the horrors of the Blitz, followed in the last days of the war by the terror of the doodlebugs, and recalls the spirit of defiance that united all sections of society against Hitler's Luftwaffe.
Victory For The East End Angels
DOWNLOAD
Author : Rosie Hendry
language : en
Publisher: Sphere
Release Date : 2019-07-25
Victory For The East End Angels written by Rosie Hendry and has been published by Sphere this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-25 with Allied health personnel categories.
The war is almost over - and it's up to the East End Angels to keep the home fires burning! Frankie's fiance, a doctor, is away looking after the troops in Europe - will he return safely home? Winnie has a happy secret - but can she carry on at Station 75 when she's going to have a baby? Bella is intrigued by her new friend, a Polish airman. As the war ends and victory is in sight, what next for the girls of Station 75? A gorgeously uplifting saga for fans of Ellie Dean and Donna Douglas