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Author: Harry Titley Publisher: ISBN: 9781438941790 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 240
Book Description
Set in an industrial, relatively poor district of North Staffordshire, "A Staffordshire Lad' is a sensitive, innocent and frank portrayal of an ordinary boy growing up during the Second World War in an ordinary family amongst ordinary people. There are no heroes. It is a story that was common to tens of thousands of children born at this time and it is this very ordinariness that gives it its power. The story provides an insight into the author's grandparents, struggling to make ends meet, the risks of childbirth and the dangers to coalminers. It paints graphic descriptions of those times; experiences that were still prevalent during and after the author's birth. It provides a journey of a child born in the austere times of the mid-thirties, already under the shadow of war, through the conflict, family life, education, playing and development through to national service and adulthood. It contains many of the elements of wartime childhood such as rationing, evacuees, gas masks, air-raid shelters and identity cards. The author describes that some parts of the story are written reflectively and some retrospectively, ignoring the traditional rules of tense. "Sometimes I would type away in 'diary fashion' adding bits and pieces as they came to me, but more often than not I would get lost in the past and re-live the times as if they were happening for the first time'. It is more than a snapshot; it is a microcosm of the times when most people's lives were on hold, not only in the years prior to and during the war, but also for a long period afterwards. It is a work of social history that helps bring back powerful memories.
Author: Harry Titley Publisher: ISBN: 9781438941790 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 240
Book Description
Set in an industrial, relatively poor district of North Staffordshire, "A Staffordshire Lad' is a sensitive, innocent and frank portrayal of an ordinary boy growing up during the Second World War in an ordinary family amongst ordinary people. There are no heroes. It is a story that was common to tens of thousands of children born at this time and it is this very ordinariness that gives it its power. The story provides an insight into the author's grandparents, struggling to make ends meet, the risks of childbirth and the dangers to coalminers. It paints graphic descriptions of those times; experiences that were still prevalent during and after the author's birth. It provides a journey of a child born in the austere times of the mid-thirties, already under the shadow of war, through the conflict, family life, education, playing and development through to national service and adulthood. It contains many of the elements of wartime childhood such as rationing, evacuees, gas masks, air-raid shelters and identity cards. The author describes that some parts of the story are written reflectively and some retrospectively, ignoring the traditional rules of tense. "Sometimes I would type away in 'diary fashion' adding bits and pieces as they came to me, but more often than not I would get lost in the past and re-live the times as if they were happening for the first time'. It is more than a snapshot; it is a microcosm of the times when most people's lives were on hold, not only in the years prior to and during the war, but also for a long period afterwards. It is a work of social history that helps bring back powerful memories.
Author: Harry Titley Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1504995767 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 274
Book Description
Set in an industrial, relatively poor district of North Staffordshire, “A Staffordshire Lad” is a sensitive, innocent, and frank portrayal of an ordinary boy growing up during the Second World War in an ordinary family amongst ordinary people. There are no heroes. It is a story that was common to tens of thousands of children born at this time, and it is this very ordinariness that gives it its power. The story provides an insight into the author’s grandparents struggling to make ends meet, the risks of childbirth, and the dangers to coal miners. It paints graphic descriptions of those times, experiences that were still prevalent during and after the author’s birth. It provides a journey of a child born in the austere times of the midthirties, already under the shadow of war, through the conflict, family life, education, playing, and development through to national service and adulthood. It contains many of the elements of wartime childhood, such as rationing, evacuees, gas masks, air-raid shelters, and identity cards. The author describes that some parts of the story are written reflectively and some retrospectively, ignoring the traditional rules of tense. “Sometimes I would type away in ‘diary fashion,’ adding bits and pieces as they came to me, but more often than not, I would get lost in the past and relive the times as if they were happening for the first time.” It is more than a snapshot; it is a microcosm of the times when most people’s lives were on hold, not only in the years prior to and during the war, but also for a long period afterwards. It is a work of social history that helps bring back powerful memories.
Author: Michael J. Childs Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP ISBN: 9780773512894 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 256
Book Description
The three decades before the First World War witnessed significant changes in the working life, home life and social life of adolescent English males. In Labour's Apprentices, Michael Childs suggests that the study of such age-specific experiences provides vital clues to the evolving structure and fortunes of the working class as a whole and helps to explain subsequent development in English history. Beginning with home life, Childs discusses the life cycle of the working-class family and considers the changes that becoming a wage-earner and a contributor to the family economy made to a youth's status. He explores the significance of publicly provided education for the working class and analyses the labour market for young males, focusing on the role of apprenticeship, the impact of different types of labour on future job prospects, the activities of trade unions, and wage levels. Childs makes a detailed investigation of the patterns of labour available to boys at that time, including street selling, half-time labour, and apprenticed labour versus "free" labour. He argues that such changes were a major factor in the creation of a semi-skilled adult workforce. Childs then examines the choices that working-class youths made in the area of their greatest freedom: leisure activities. He looks at street culture, commercial entertainments, and youth groups and movements and finds that each influenced the emergence of a more cohesive and class-conscious working class during the period up to the First World War.
Author: Steve Dolman Publisher: Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians ISBN: 1908165618 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 143
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Edwin Smith will almost certainly be the last Derbyshire bowler to take over a thousand first-class wickets. For 20 summers between 1951 and 1971, he provided the county with a reliable spin option when conditions didn’t favour their succession of outstanding seam bowlers. In the course of those summers, he took 1,217 wickets and scored almost 7,000 runs, taking five or more wickets in an innings on 51 occasions. Only five men in the club’s 145-year history have taken more wickets for the county. Now in retirement in the Grassmoor village where he was born, Edwin’s story is that of a man who gave his life to Derbyshire cricket. As well as playing, he coached the county side and took thousands of wickets in local league cricket. He played his last match at the age of 74, almost 60 years after his first appearance for his village side. A respected coach in and around Chesterfield, this is the story of one of cricket’s unsung heroes and one of the most popular men to wear the county colours. The book captures the period in which he played the game and features many of its greatest characters.
Author: J M Kneen Publisher: Pen and Sword ISBN: 0850525497 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 732
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This book tells the story of the Royal Electrical and mechanical Engineers from 1969 to 1992. During this period the army underwent extensive re-organisation and the REME had to adapt and innovate in order to provide the engineering support needed.
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