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Brighton Behind The Front Item Info
- Title:
- Brighton Behind The Front
- Description:
- Brighton Behind the Front gathers collections of photographs, letters, diaries, and a log book all relating to the impact of World War II on the Brighton community. The photographs mainly display air raid precautions, evacuations, and the destruction inflicted by bombing runs. While the stories range in theme from learning how to use a gas mask to rationing food, the newspaper articles, interviews, and testimonies share a collective sense of cooperation and bravery in the face of horrific circumstances.
- Publisher:
- QueenSpark
- Creator:
- Ken Francis Alistair Thomson Michael Corum Elfrida Oldfield Barbara Worley Evening Argus Ruby Lindsay George Heffaran Eileen Alderton Brian Dungate Muriel Anderson Olive Jordan Bert Hollick Doreen Blake Olive Stammer Georgiana Lally Phyllis Turner J.P. Hollick Rita Packham Audrey Leaver Olive Larter Denzil Dawbarn V. Pumphrey David Pavey Jeff North Dorothy Charwood Barbara Worley Gwenna Taylor
- Contributor:
- Georgina Attrell Jacqueline Connatty Irene Duncan Ruby Dunn Robert Gregory Carmel Kelly Karen Medlyn Selma and Dicon Montford Nick Osmond John Roles Ruth Sykes Darren Tabone Jo Taylor Alistair Thompson
- Date:
- 1990
- Type:
- text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Subjects:
- World War II gas masks air raids bombing evacuation
- Latitude:
- 50.8237250929053
- Longitude:
- -0.135733531665001
- Location:
- Brighton
- Language:
- English
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Brighton Behind The Front", Digital Collections, FWWCP
- Reference Link:
- https://library.bc.edu/ds/fwwcp/items/fwwcp07se03129.html