War comes to the Dales
Firth, Betty2023
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April 1941. When Bobby Bancroft arrived in Silverdale to take a job as a reporter on The Tyke magazine, the sleepy Yorkshire Dales village felt like a little pocket of a past long gone. While much of the country was suffering nightly bombing raids as the Blitz raged, life in isolated Silverdale carried on just as it had for a hundred years or more. But as the summer of 1941 approaches, war finally seems to have come to Silverdale. The villagers face new hardships when shortages and rationing begin to bite, young men become scarce as more and more are called up, and Bobby finds herself juggling her job on the magazine with a new role as an ARP warden. Even her surly editor Reg and his wife are doing their bit, taking two young evacuees from London into their home. Meanwhile, Bobby has been growing closer to village vet Charlie, who is preparing to leave Silverdale to begin training with the RAF.
Main title:
War comes to the Dales / Betty Firth.
Author:
Firth, Betty, author
Imprint:
London : Hera, 2023.
Collation:
ix, 383 pages ; 20 cm.
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ISBN:
9781804361924 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92
Language:
English
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BRN:
1330365
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