Roger Atkinson - Blackout, Austerity and Pride
Blackout, Austerity and Pride – Life in the 1940s is a book written primarily from actual experience. It tells how an alert and intelligent boy, effectively orphaned at the age of 13, sets out to gain a foothold in life. Aided by some resourceful women, he unites a thirst for knowledge with a growing passion for places and buses and a strong sense of duty. http://www.memoir1940s.org.uk/
Blackout, Austerity and Pride – Life in the 1940s is a book written primarily from actual experience. It tells how an alert and intelligent boy, effectively orphaned at the age of 13, sets out to gain a foothold in life. Aided by some resourceful women, he unites a thirst for knowledge with a growing passion for places and buses and a strong sense of duty.
http://www.memoir1940s.org.uk/
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with people, including a good many from Scotl<strong>and</strong>. There were no<br />
Blackpool lights, of course. Every evening the blackout prevailed.<br />
Some people scorn Blackpool; but from that very first visit, I<br />
have always found, repeatedly, that it has strange fascinations. It<br />
needs to be approached in the spirit of the poem “The Lion <strong>and</strong><br />
Albert”, as rendered by Stanley Holloway:<br />
There’s a famous seaside place called Blackpool,<br />
That’s noted for fresh air <strong>and</strong> fun,<br />
And Mr <strong>and</strong> Mrs Ramsbottom<br />
Went there with young Albert, their son<br />
A gr<strong>and</strong> little lad was young Albert,<br />
All dressed in his best; quite a swell.<br />
With a stick with an ‘orse’s ‘ead ‘<strong>and</strong>le,<br />
The finest that Woolworth’s could sell.
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