Hops, Doodlebugs and Floods

Regular price €19.99
2nd world war
a memoir of growing up in essex
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childhood
east coast floods 1953
east end family
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hop picking
second world war
world war 2
world war ii
world war two
ww2
wwii

Product details

  • ISBN 9780752451817
  • Weight: 300g
  • Dimensions: 160 x 240mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Jun 2009
  • Publisher: The History Press Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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This is the true tale of a boy born into a typical East End family in the Second World War, beginning with his early memories of hop picking and having little money, and moving on to his life in the 1950s and his experience of the devastating east coast floods of 1953. These early memories are the author's own, but what he remembers are a number of events and places that many others growing up in Essex will also recall. This is an entertaining, humorous and nostalgic read for anyone who remembers Essex in the Second World War and beyond.