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A 1950s Southampton Childhood Paperback – 1 Aug. 2013
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- Print length192 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherThe History Press
- Publication date1 Aug. 2013
- Dimensions12.7 x 1.52 x 20.32 cm
- ISBN-100752482858
- ISBN-13978-0752482859
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About the Author
PENNY LEGG is a writer and photographer, resident in Southampton. A former Navy wife, she has accompanied her husband across the globe on diplomatic postings. A member of the Society of Women Writers and Journalists, the National Union of Journalists and the Bitterne Historical Society, she edits The Woman Writer magazine and tutors non-fiction for The Writers Bureau.
JAMES MARSH was born at the start of the Second World War into a family of six children. He grew up to accept the harshness of life in the 1940s and carried his experiences of living through the war with him as he grew up.
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- Publisher : The History Press (1 Aug. 2013)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 192 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0752482858
- ISBN-13 : 978-0752482859
- Dimensions : 12.7 x 1.52 x 20.32 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 486,008 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 19,066 in Social & Cultural History
- 71,411 in Home & Garden (Books)
- 76,983 in Social Sciences (Books)
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James Marsh is an author of both fiction and non-fiction. He has a particular interest in both the wartime and post war periods. His first book 'Growing Up In Wartime Southampton' tells his own story of childhood in a city that was recovering from war. 'Not A Guide To Southampton' draws further upon his lifetime experience's of Southampton to bring together some little known facts of interest. His latest book 'A 1940's Childhood: From Bombsites to Children's Hour' tells the wartime story across the whole nation from the unique perspective of a child.
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- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 December 2023Promptly delivered stress free purchase. Bought as a gift for my sister.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 November 2015as they say been there got the tee shirt brilliant book I can relate to everything in the book .lived in the other side of town but did the self same things and we survided did not have any fear except our parents kids of today should read this in social history well done thanks for the memories
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 March 2015I found this book to be an accurate and very detailed account of that era. Born in 1940 myself I remember the 50's with great affection. They were the best time.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 May 2016Being a child in 50s Southampton I hoped this was the book for me but it wasn't I'm afraid. The style of writing being an introduction of subjects then printing other peoples memories is just lazy writing.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 November 2021Memories of 1950s
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 January 2018Takes me back as I was a teenager in the 50's in Southampton.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 March 2017Good read.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 December 2014Although I had my childhood in Bristol I remember much of this. Great book. Would recommend it to anyone who is nostalgic.