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Kisses on a Postcard: A Tale of Wartime ChildhoodKisses on a Postcard: A Tale of Wartime Childhood by Terence Frisby
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Moving, often funny account of a WW2 evacuee
All Our Yesterdays: An Anthology of Childhood MemoriesAll Our Yesterdays: An Anthology of Childhood Memories
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Compelling account of childhood memories
Don't Forget to Write: The True Story of an Evacuee and Her FamilyDon't Forget to Write: The True Story of an Evacuee and Her Family by Pam Hobbs
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Absorbing account of a wartime evacuee
Farewell To The East EndFarewell To The East End by Jennifer Worth
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Memoirs of a midwife in London's East End
Full Hearts and Empty Bellies: A 1920s Childhood from the Forest of Dean to the Streets of LondonFull Hearts and Empty Bellies: A 1920s Childhood from the Forest of Dean to the Streets of London by Winifred Foley
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Superlative account of a 1920s childhood
The Last Fighting Tommy: The Life of Harry Patch, the Only Surviving Veteran of the TrenchesThe Last Fighting Tommy: The Life of Harry Patch, the Only Surviving Veteran of the Trenches by Harry Patch
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The life of Harry Patch, WW1 vet
Never Surrender: Lost Voices of a Generation at WarNever Surrender: Lost Voices of a Generation at War by Robert Kershaw
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Moving testimonies of the so-called ‘lost generation’
Stranger in the House: Women's Stories of Men Returning from the Second World WarStranger in the House: Women's Stories of Men Returning from the Second World War by Julie Summers
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Men and women and WW2
Shadows Of The Workhouse: The Drama Of Life In Postwar LondonShadows Of The Workhouse: The Drama Of Life In Postwar London by Jennifer Worth
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Reflections on life in postwar London
Call The Midwife: A True Story Of The East End In The 1950sCall The Midwife: A True Story Of The East End In The 1950s by Jennifer Worth
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Compelling true story of life in the East End in the 1950s