The 1950s was a time of regeneration and change for Southampton. For children growing up during this decade, life was changing fast. They still made their own t

Do you remember collecting shrapnel and listening to Children's Hour? Carrying gas masks or sharing your school with evacuees from the city? The 1940s was a dec

Do you remember collecting shrapnel and listening to Children’s Hour? Carrying gas masks or sharing your school with evacuees from the city? The 1940s was a t

This fascinating account of young women's lives challenges existing assumptions about working class life and womanhood in England between the end of the First W

For as long as there have been armed forces there have been camp followers – the families who move with the military to stay with their men. This book looks a