The 1930s were a troubled era, and England was a land of contrasts. This work gives a vivid impression of growing up in a working-class family in the East End at this time. It should be of interest to anyone who remembers the interwar years, and anyone interested in London's social history.

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Hackney memories

Product details

ISBN
9780750937160
Published
2004-04-15
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Weight
370 gr
Height
244 mm
Width
172 mm
Thickness
10 mm
Age
00, G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
176

Author

Biographical note

Alan Wilson was born in Bow, London, in 1928 into a working-class family. He lived in Hackney from 1930 until the outbreak of war in 1939, It is these formative years that he remembers in this book. Alan now lives in Liphook, Hampshire