The angels of Englemere Wood
Farrington, Karen2022
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Life in Britain between the two world wars was arduous and daunting. Working people laboured to stave off the spectres of disease, hunger and homelessness, and against this troubled backdrop, children inevitably came off worst. This is the true story of a group of poor London girls who, to escape the merciless bombing of the Luftwaffe, were dispatched to a children's home in Ascot. Where once they heard the throb of railways and tasted the smoke of locomotives, now there was birdsong and a whole new set of escapades to enjoy. And under the care of the formidable but kindly Matron Doris Bailey, and their high society host Dorothy Peyton, the lives of the girls were utterly transformed.
Main title:
The angels of Englemere Wood / Karen Farrington.
Author:
Farrington, Karen, author
Imprint:
UK : Michael Joseph, 2022.
Collation:
327 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780241557181 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.53161940.53161 FAR
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3268255