"Towns at War" Index
by Ian Sadler
Introduction |
In the early 1970s, local historians decided to produce books about their local town and the events that took place between 1939 and 1945.
They drew on the memory of friends and locals who lived through that period. It was interesting that they decided to use private and original wartime photographs published by long defunct newspapers.
The focal point for model makers is in the photographs and the wealth of otherwise hidden detail contained in them.
Not only do they make interesting reading for those who were fortunately enough not live through that terrible period, but they have also captured the feel of the times for future generations to come. Hopefully they will never have to endure what our Grand parents and parent's when through.
This Index is ongoing and will not be complete until the last "Town at War" book is published.
All the books listed are in my own personal Library and can be obtained from book dealers or your own local library search system.
I do not intend to list all the interesting photographs that appear in these books, as that would be a mammoth task. In summary, though, some of the subjects covered in these books include ARP's, Factory Armaments, Home Guard, Heavy Rescue, D Day preparation, Civil Defence, War Damage, The Navy, The Army, The Airforce as based in the UK and overseas. If you are looking for types of vehicles used by any of the Emergency services these books will prove invaluable.
I dedicate this to all those who lived and worked and fought for the freedom with such a heavy price to pay.
I will only list the Title, Author, Date published, ISBN no if known, it is up to you the reader to track them down, good luck and happy researching and modelling.
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Title |
Author |
Date Published |
ISBN No |
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North Gloucestershire at War |
Peter Gill |
1995 |
0-7509-1134-4 |
|
Southwick The D-Day Village That Went to war |
Geoffrey O' Connell |
1994 |
1-85253-299-8 |
|
War Time Cheshire |
Cheshire County Council |
1998 |
Not listed |
|
Look Duck and Vanish |
E C Hall |
1995 |
0-9448639-17-2 |
|
The Home Guard |
David Carroll |
1999 |
0-7509-1823-3 |
|
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston |
Colin Tooke |
1999 |
0-95322953-1-1 |
|
Hull at War |
Clive Hardy |
1993 |
0-873626-53-3 |
|
London at War |
Clive Hardy and Nigel Arthur |
1989 |
1-85555563-006-0 |
|
The Blitz of Canterbury |
Paul Crampton |
1989 |
09848-193-441 |
|
Gosport goes to War |
Lesley Burton |
1981 |
Not listed |
|
Norfolk at War |
Neil R Storey |
1995 |
0-7509-0890-4 |
|
The Black Country at War |
Alton Douglas |
1985 |
0-947865-00-4 |
|
D Day |
Tony Hall |
1994 |
0-86101-754-4 |
|
The Home Ports |
BJ Marsh and S Almond |
1993 |
0-9521312-0-x |
|
Memories of Coventry |
Alton Douglas |
1987 |
1-85858-032-3 |
|
Great Yarmouth at War |
Colin Tooke and David Scarles |
1989 |
0-946148-41-4 |
|
Derby at War |
Clive Hardy and Russ Brown |
1979 |
1-85563-002-8 |
|
The Blitz Canterbury |
Anne Pope |
1992 |
1-870844-01-7 |
|
Then The War Came |
Peter H Robinson |
1989 |
0-907033-85-7 |
|
A North East Coast Town |
T Geraghty |
1989 |
0-946289-19-0 |
|
East Anglia at War 1939-45 |
D E Johnson |
1992 |
0-7117-0598-4 |
|
Loughborough at War |
Local paper back |
1995 |
Not listed |
|
Churchill's Secret Army 1939-45 |
A E Cocks |
1992 |
0-86332-659-5 |
|
The Home Guard |
S P Mackenzie |
1996 |
0-19-285331-7 |
|
This Time of Crisis Glasgow |
Andrew Jeffrey |
1993 |
1-85158-582-6 |
|
The City at War |
I Grant and N Madden |
1975 |
904041-298 |
|
Hackney at War |
Jennifer Golden |
1995 |
0-7509-0860-2 |
|
Coventry at War |
Alton Douglas |
1983 |
1-85858-004-8 |
|
Birmingham at War |
Alton Doulgas |
1982 |
0-947731-93-8 |
|
Memories of Swansea at War |
South Wales Evening Post publication |
1988 |
0-948946-28--8 |
|
Norwich at War |
Joan Banger |
1974 |
0-946148-40-6 |
|
D Day West Sussex |
Ian Greig and Kim Leslie Alan Readman |
1994 |
0-86260-291-2 |
|
Grimsby at War |
Clive Hardy |
1989 |
0-948946-50-4 |
|
East Kent at War |
David Collyer |
1994 |
0-7509-0774-6 |
|
Southampton at War |
Anthony Kemp |
1994 |
185455-033-0 |
|
Glasgow at War |
Paul Harris |
1986 |
0-948946-03-2 |
|
Aberdeen at War |
Paul Harris |
1987 |
948946-06-7 |
|
Worthing at War |
Colin Clark and Rupert Taylor |
1989 |
1-871986-01-1 |
|
Port in a Storm Liverpool Docks |
John Hughes |
1993 |
0-9516129-56 |
|
Coastal Town as War |
Peter Brooks |
1988 |
0-94614835x |
|
Kent Home Guard |
K R Gulvin1980 |
1980 |
0-9505733-3-7 |
|
Grantham the War Years |
M G Knapp |
1995 |
1-872375-15-4 |
|
Somerset at War |
Mac Hawkins |
1988 |
0-9461159-54-8 |
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