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'What did you do in the war, Gran?' After listening to his mother-in-law's wartime memories, David Bolton sought to interview as many women as he could to produce a book that would give a real insight into that question, revealing what over fifty women and girls did throughout the war through diary entries, memoirs and interviews, mixed with his own historical commentary. Many contributors were child evacuees, some were single mothers, two were ambulance drivers, one was a codebreaker at Bletchley Park, one a doctor in a POW camp, another was the girlfriend of an American GI killed on D Day. All tell their stories with honesty, boldness, humour, and an amazing memory for detail, as though this were their last chance to describe what it was like to be a girl or young woman living through these extraordinary times. AUTHOR: David Bolton worked in a broad variety of occupations before settling into a career as a lecturer on English as a foreign language. He has written a number of textbooks for foreign students, published around the world, as well as a local history book on Bristol, where he lives. 32 b/w illustrations

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"""After listening to his mother-in-law talking about her experiences in the Second World War, David Bolton set out to record the wartime memories of British women before it was too late."" * History Answers * ""A new book looks at the experiences of the Second World War from the female viewpoint, and most of the women whose stories it tells were from the Bristol area."" * Bristol Times *"

After listening to his mother-in-law talking about her experiences in the Second World War, David Bolton set out to record the wartime memories of British women before it was too late. * History Answers * A new book looks at the experiences of the Second World War from the female viewpoint, and most of the women whose stories it tells were from the Bristol area. * Bristol Times *

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David Bolton worked in a broad variety of occupations before settling into a career as a lecturer on English as a foreign language. He has written a number of textbooks for foreign students, published around the world, as well as a local history book on Bristol, where he lives.

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