Dear Nostalgic

After we had completed "Birmingham At War Vol 1" many other good photographs surfaced. People wrote, telephoned and even travelled, to let me know that they had interesting material. Clive, Gordon, Jo and I then set about, a busy bunch of moles, unearthing more gems until the collection gradually took on a life of its own. A great many of these items have never seen daylight before because they were either protected by the Official Secrets Act until recently, or, in some instances, due to strict censorship laws of the time, quite frankly should never have been taken at all!

As far as the text is concerned we have tried to avoid going over the same ground as the first book, We've also discovered some more startling dramatic examples of bomb damage, the military's involvement and war production, and our new categories include animals at war, factory concerts, war brides, Brummies abroad etc.

Yours, in friendship

Alton Douglas