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My Incredible Journey
My incredible journey by Rear Admiral Peter Dingemans CB DSO begins with a series of reminiscences from training days and his early career in the Royal Navy. He culminates a …
Wet and Dry
Commander Geoffrey Greenish spent all 47 years of his working life from the age of 17 to 65 in the service of his country and he can truthfully say that it was extremely varied, …
Archway of Tears
Always headstrong, Winifred Pow leaves her unhappy home life in Devon in autumn 1920 to find a new life in Birmingham. There her rash behaviour brings her into conflict with the …
Bow and Arrow War
Tells the story of a 19 year-old who joined the FANY, then trained as a radar mechanic during the 1939-45 war. This work includes a description of the gun sites, people working on …
Accidents Will Happen
This book is an account of the author's thirty years (1964-1994) of enforcing safety and health in the steel and metal processing industries in South Yorkshire, the textile and …
A Black Country Childhood
Black Country Childhood is an offbeat sketch, by turns satirical and rueful, of growing up in an undistinguished West Midlands town in the 1960s. The author challenges the …
Through the Classroom Window
Members of the University of the Third Age describe their own school experiences in the years between 1920-1960. With a foreword by Professor Tim Brighouse.
Birmingham: Remembering the 50s and 60s
History of the Ellis Family
The Ellis family all contributed to the development of their beloved Birmingham in one way or another and most of them found their resting place there. This book tells the story of …
And Nothing for Reward
When Christine Wilson began a collaboration with her old university professor, Alex Burns, on a series of magazine articles, they hadn't met for nearly thirty years. In the …
Sutton Coldfield in the Fifties
Second in the series covering 1930s to 1960, this book includes stories and photographs from Suttonians and temporary residents. It also recounts life in the town, railway …