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Dear
Nostalgic
This book covers Birmingham's most dramatic and dangerous years. Over
half-a-century ago, our fellow-citizens faced up to an enemy, on their
own doorsteps, with that indomitable British spirit, which seems to be
a mixture of "Do your worst - see if I care" and "A funny
thing happened on the way to the air-raid shelter". We wish to pay
tribute to that wartime spirit without in any way glorifying war itself,
always remembering that, for a great many people, Birmingham was the Front
Line.
To avoid repetition, we have not included much in the way of facts and
figures as so much detail was given in our previous books, Birmingham
at War Vols 1 and 2. This time, in date order (or as near as memory will
allow) we are presenting a scrapbook of events, with lots and lots of
local happenings and, here and there, an impression of how the war was
developing on the wider scale.
Yours, in friendship
Alton Douglas |
