| Title:
Raiders Overhead by Barbara Nixon |
|
Description:This
is the story of a woman at the outbreak of WWII who volunteered
as an Air Raid Warden and then moved onto the ARP HQ in
Kensington, London which was largely male dominated. In
this candid account the author gives a down to earth and
sometimes funny account of one of the most horrific times
in Britain. This is a personal and highly readable account
of the blitz as seen from the people on the ground.
|
| Author:Educated
in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire and then onto Newnham College,
Cambridge after graduation after a period in a local theatre
she moved to London where she was engaged in acting and
stage management. On the outbreak of WWII she joined as
an Air Raid Warden. At the end of the war she moved into
television but her time was taken up with Political and
community service. |
| Binding:
Hardcover. |
| Date
Published: First
published 1980. |
Edition:
This
edition 1980. |
| Jacket
Condition: Very
good condition with a dust jacket which is in very good
condition. |
| Book
Condition:
Very good condition with 176 pages a large number of which
contain photographs. |
| Publisher:
Scolar Press, London. |
| ISBN:
0-906428-06-8. |
| Size
& Weight: 22.3cm
x 14.5 cm (H x W). 1.7 cm thick. |
