South Coast Connections

Books featuring our local area of Southern England...

Civilian memoir
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20th Century Farmer's Boy

by Nick Adames

Following the fortunes of three generations a Sussex farming family during 100 years of rural change
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
Local history
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A Portrait of Slindon

by Josephine Duggan Rees

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

by Josephine Duggan Rees
Amusing portrait of family life in rural England in the 1950s, 60s and 70s
Local history/memoir
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Bygone Bognor Regis & Chichester

by Sylvia Olliver

A portrait of life in these neighbouring West Sussex towns from the 1930s to 60s
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
RAF memoir
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Fairy Tales of an S.A.C.

by John McGregor

A young airman’s experiences at RAF Thorney Island (and other exotic places) 1967-72
RAF biography
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Railway to Runway

by Leslie Harris

How the wartime journal of an RAF navigator killed in WW2 revealed a family secret kept hidden for 40 years...
Fiction/humour
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Retribution!

by Mike Jupp

A hilarious modern-day fairytale for older kids and grown-ups
Family history
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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
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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
biography - rural life
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The Sheep's in the Meadow ... Hopefully

by Eileen Sullivan 

The life and times of sheep farmer, lay pastor and raconteur Dave Sullivan
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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
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Unknown to History or Fame

by Brenda Dixon

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

by Mary Barber

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