South Coast Connections

Books featuring our local area of Southern England...

Local/education history

A Little School on the Downs

by Mary Bowmaker

How Victorian teacher Harriet Finlay Johnson made a tiny Sussex school world famous
Local history

A Portrait of Slindon

by Josephine Duggan Rees

Enjoyable history of this West Sussex village from ancient times to the present
Autobiography - family life

Boys & Other Animals

by Jo Duggan Rees
Amusing portrait of family life in the rural England of the 1950s, 60s and 70s
World War II memoir

Corduroy Days

by Josephine Duggan Rees
A land girl's experiences in the Women's Land Army during World War 2
football

Glory Gunners

by Kevin Smith

The story of the Victorian forerunners of Portsmouth FC
Local history/memoir

Bygone Bognor Regis & Chichester

by Sylvia Olliver

A portrait of life in these neighbouring West Sussex towns from the 1930s to 60s
Civilian memoir

More Pearls

by Pearl Goodman
Memories of the WW2 Land Army, performing with Joan Greenwood and Ewan McColl  and much else...
Fiction/humour

Retribution!

by Mike Jupp

A hilarious modern-day fairytale for older kids and grown-ups
Family history

The Chutes of the Vyne

by Francis Chute
A history of the Chute family and their connection with The Vyne, their stately home in Hampshire for over 300 years
World War II mystery

The Exbury Junkers: A WW2 Mystery

by John Stanley

Curious tale of a lone German Ju188 aircraft shot down at Exbury in 1944 under mysterious circumstances
Civilian memoir

20th Century Farmer's Boy

by Nick Adames

Following the fortunes of three generations a Sussex farming family during 100 years of rural change
biography - rural life

The Sheep's in the Meadow ... Hopefully

by Eileen Sullivan 

The life and times of sheep farmer, lay pastor and raconteur Dave Sullivan

The South Coast Beat Scene of the 1960s

by Mike Read

A detailed history that traces the progression of the flourishing local music scene in the South of England during the 1960s from skiffle to psychedelia
Local history

Unknown to History or Fame

by Brenda Dixon

Enjoyable portrait of the West Sussex village of Walberton during the Victorian era
Local history

Warningcamp

by Mary Barber

Detailed illustrated history of this Sussex community from ancient times to the present