Author Description

This book covers Birmingham's most dramatic and dangerous years. Over half-a-century ago, our fellow-citizens faced up to an enemy, on their own doorsteps, with that indomitable British spirit, which seems to be a mixture of "Do your worst - see if I care" and "A funny thing happened on the way to the air-raid shelter". We wish to pay tribute to that wartime spirit without in any way glorifying war itself, always remembering that, for a great many people, Birmingham was the Front Line. To avoid repetition, we have not included much in the way of facts and figures as so much detail was given in our previous books, Birmingham at War Vols 1 and 2. This time, in date order (or as near as memory will allow) we are presenting a scrapbook of events, with lots and lots of local happenings and, here and there, an impression of how the war was developing on the wider scale. Available direct from the author at http://www.altondouglas.co.uk