Bad Lads: Raf National Service Remembered - Couverture souple

Townsend, Alf

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0752460544 ISBN 13 : 9780752460543

Editeur : The History Press, 2011

Synopsis

Between 1945 and 1963, over two and a half million eighteen-year-olds were called up for National Service. Alf Townsend was one of them, and here he tells his story - the highs and lows of life as a lowly Aircraftman Second Class in the early '50s. Before national service intervened, Alf was 'heading down the criminal road at top speed', having grown up in a north London slum, where money was short and local villains were revered. This book is a warts-and-all account of Alf's time in the Raf, when he was transplanted into a completely new world of misfits and officer types, rogues and entertainers, all amusingly described in his own inimitable style.

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À propos de l?auteur

The late ALF TOWNSEND was born in London in the 1930s. He was a London cabbie for 42 years and published many books about his life experiences, including The London Cabbie and Blitz Boy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The History Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0752460544
• ISBN 13: 9780752460543
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible