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Skipping to School: Memoirs of a Liverpool Girlhood, 1937-1948
Doris Calder
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Description for Skipping to School: Memoirs of a Liverpool Girlhood, 1937-1948
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJH; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 280.
Skipping to School is the true story of a childhood spent in Liverpool before, during and after the Second World War. It recalls the fabric of everyday life on the home front and the impact of war on both family life and the local community. At home in Walton, Doris and her friends learned slogans such as ‘Make Do and Mend’, ‘Dig for Victory’ and ‘Careless Talk Costs Lives’. They collected shell caps from bombs and did swaps for better, shinier ones. They made skipping ropes out of the twisted silk cords of German parachutes. They were excited by the ... Read more
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Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752491547
SKU
V9780752491547
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99-10
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