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  • af Patricia Malcolmson
    288,95 kr.

    The Bedford Diary of Leah Aynsley, 1943-1946, provides a fascinating insight into the daily life of a working class woman during the Second World War.Edited by Patricia and Robert Malcolmson, The Bedford Diary of Leah Aynsley, 1943-1946, provides a fascinating insight into the daily life of a working class woman during the Second World War. Leah hoped that her diary, which shegave as a bequest to Bedfordshire Archives Service, would: 'often be useful to settle arguments as to what happened on such and such occasions.' She also thought that: 'being written by a working-class person among whom I suspectnot many will keep such diaries . [it] may be interesting in future centuries'. Leah moved with her parents and two brothers to live in Queens Park, Bedford, in 1921 while in her twentieth year. During the war years she worked for W. H. Allen & Sons Engineering Works and the diary includes her thoughts on her job there and the work that was undertaken by the firm. The diary also details her day to day activities, generally confined to cycling distance of her home. But she had a busy and active life - working on her allotment in Bromham, attending BBC concerts in the Corn Exchange as well as going to local lectures and folk dances. Throughout the diary Leah comments on aspects of war-time Bedford including the influx of American airmen, rationing, Home Guard duties, bombing raids, air-raid warnings and preparations for invasion. Her style - understated, measured, factual, domestic but engaging - isno better captured than in her entry on Victory Day: 'V DAY. Well, the day is nearly over now. Very quiet around here. I have not heard any victory bells. The street has blossomed out into flags, bunting and fairy lights. The local shops were open - even the fish shop - and the baker called as usual ... Churchill broadcast at 3 p.m. ... A very pleasant day in May.'

  • - The Boston Diary of the Reverend Arthur Hopkins, 1942-1945
    af Patricia Malcolmson, Robert Malcolmson & Ann Stephenson
    453,95 kr.

    A vivid picture of wartime Lincolnshire, and an engagingly readable account of the life of a busy parish priest.

  • - The Dewsbury Diary of Kathleen Hey, 1941-1945
    af Robert Malcomson, Patricia Malcolmson & Robert Malcolmson
    568,95 kr.

    Insights into life in England during the second world war.

  • - The London Diaries of Gladys Langford, 1936-1940
    af Patricia Malcolmson & Robert Malcolmson
    678,95 kr.

    Intimate insights into the life of a woman in 1930s London, both private and public.

  • - Writing in War and Peace
    af Patricia Malcolmson
    173,95 kr.

    'I can never understand how the scribbles of such an ordinary person... can possibly have value.' So wrote Nella Last in her diary on 2 September 1949. This is a collected edition of bestselling author Nella Last's diaries, including substantial material from the war years.

  • - The Post-War Diaries Of Housewife 49
    af Patricia Malcolmson
    128,95 kr.

    A narrative of the changing experiences of ordinary people during war, and thoughts on the aftermath of war and whether 'peace' really meant peace, for everyone.