Product Description

In his new book, Ian Dewhirst vividly describes life in a West Riding industrial town during the World War II. It includes subjects such as morale-boosting and fund-raising organisations, the Home Guard and regular forces billeted in the area, wartime industries, evacuees and the minutiae of everyday living conditions.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2886016 in Books
• Published on: 2005-04-21
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

About the Author
Ian Dewhirst retired in 1991, after twenty-four years as Keighley's reference librarian. Author of numerous books and articles, he has also delivered over 3,000 local history lectures and has appeared a number of times on Yorkshire/Tyne-Tees television. In 1999 Ian was awarded the MBE for services to local history.