A wander through wartime London : five walks revisiting the Blitz / by Clive Harris and Neil Bright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, Clive, author.

Bright, Neil, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Walking--England--London--Guidebooks.

Walking.

London (England)--History--Bombardment, 1940-1945.

London (England).

London (England)--Guidebooks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (171 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Through a series of five walks this book discovers the sights, sounds and experience of the capital at war; it details the remaining tangible evidence of the dark days via air raid shelter signs, bomb damage on buildings and memorials detailing heroic and often tragic events. The new routes cover a wide area of London and reveal further evidence of the experiences of four years air war in the skies above our capital city. The East End & Docks, Greenwich, Holborn, Bermondsey, Southwark and the West End are all featured, along with detailed maps and numerous contemporary photographs that accompa

Contents:

""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter One - Blackheath to Greenwich""; ""Chapter Two - The Marylebone Walk""; ""Chapter Three - The Bermondsey Walk""; ""The Walk""; ""Chapter Four - The Bloomsbury to Holborn Walk""; ""Chapter Five - The Old Southwark Walk""; ""The Walk""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendix I - Night Attacks on London, Numbers of High-Explosive Bombs to the Hundred Acres on some of the most Heavily-bombed Boroughs""

""Appendix II - Boroughs or Districts in the London Civil Defence Region Reporting over fifty Flying-Bomb �Incidents�""""Appendix III - Civilian Casualties caused in the United Kingdom by Bombing and by various Forms of Long-Range Bombardment""; ""Appendix IV - Locations of Ambulance Stations in Boroughs covered by this book As of February 1944""; ""Appendix V - Locations of Selected Fire Stations Covered by this Book 1939/1941""; ""Short Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781783403707

1783403705

9781783460984

1783460989

OCLC:

854974568