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Feminine Folios

Books written by women and/or of particular interest to a female readership...

Local/education history
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A Little School on the Downs

by Mary Bowmaker

How Victorian teacher Harriet Finlay Johnson made a tiny Sussex school world famous
RAF memoir
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A WAAF at War

by Diana Lindo

A former WAAF recalls her eventful wartime years
RAF memoir
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An Ordinary Life

by Brian White
The life and times of an RAF family at Seletar in Singapore and elsewhere in the 1950s
RAF memoir
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As We Were

Beryl R Williams (ed.)

Former members of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force recall their experiences in World War Two
RAF biography
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Brief Sweet Life

by Glen Rose

The wartime exploits of a 50 Squadron Lancaster crew
WW2 memoir
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But Where Were the Bluebirds?

by Patricia Bending
Evocative childhood recollections of London in the 1940s ~ during World War II and its aftermath
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Cirla's Story

by Cirla Lewis

A young Jewish girl's traumatic experiences in occupied Belgium during WW2
World War II memoir
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Corduroy Days

by Josephine Duggan Rees
A land girl's experiences in the Women's Land Army during World War 2
Personal memoir
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Dancing Through the Void

by Jacquie Clarke

Reassurance and sound advice for the recently bereaved
education - special needs
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Dancing with Dyspraxia

by Hazel Carr 

A practical guide for Parents and Teachers of children with dyspraxia 
RAF memoir
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Ernie

by Celia Savage

The author uncovers the story of her father ~ a navigator with 149 Squadron who died in action before she was born
World War II memoir
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Gone, But Not Forgotten

by Stanley Blackmore
Nostalgic recollections of a wartime schoolboy in rural Leicestershire that will strike a chord with all who grew up during WW2
civilian memoir
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Granddad's Rainbow

by Joan Blackburn
A nostalgic memoir following the fortunes of a working-class family from Southern England during the 1940s and 50s
World War II memoir
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Harry: An Evacuee's Story

by Harry Collins
The experiences of an 11-year-old wartime evacuee from Lancashire who spent 4 years in Canada
WW2 memoir
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I Married a Princess

by Thomas Soars
The heart-warming tale of an English RNVR officer who met and married a Persian princess during World War II and brought her home to a distinctly unglamorous life in England.
Memoir / London in WW2
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I Want To Go Home

by Catherine Jacobs
Childhood memories of family life in East London before and during the Second World War