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Life in Post-War Britain
On New Year’s Day 1946, the people of Britain desperately wanted to look forward to a new and better life. The Second World War had ended four months earlier with the formal surrender of Imperial Japan. The war in Europe had been over for eight months. But, upon announcing to Parliament the German surrender, Winston Churchill had told the nation: “Let us not forget the toils and efforts that lie ahead.” In 1946, Clement Attlee, leader of the newly elected Labour Government, underlined Churchill’s words, warning the nation that victory over Nazi Germany and Japan had heralded not a future of plenty – but one of greater austerity. The huge debt left by the war had crippled the Britis...
Derbyshire's Own
Did you know that Derbyshire can boast at least three Nobel Laureates and numerous Olympians? This book features more than 100 of the most interesting and influential people of Derbyshire from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century.
How Britain Kept Calm and Carried On
From the Blitz to the Home Guard, these first-person stories stand testament to that indomitable spirit that 'kept us calm and carrying on' through those dark days between 1939 and 1945.
Friends of Alice Wheeldon
This Remarkable Book Brings To Life The Show Trial Of An Innocent Woman At The Height Of The First World War, Sheila Rowbotham's play Friends of Alice Wheeldon tells the story of a Derby socialist and feminist who opposed the First World War. In 1917, she and members of her family were accused of plotting to assassinate the Prime Minister, Lloyd George, on the evidence of 'Alex Gordon', an agent employed by an undercover intelligence agency. The historical introduction, Rebel Networks in the First World War, revised and extended to incorporate new research, describes the interaction between workplace militants and anti-war activists as well as the intrigues among politicians and intelligence agencies. It highlights the campaign being mounted to clear the names of Alice and her family. Book jacket.
Abandoned Derbyshire
A fascinating exploration of the abandoned places and buildings within Derbyshire which have been left behind by history.
A Derby Boy
A biographical account of growing up in Derby in the 1940s and '50s from local author and columnist Anton Rippon.
Raising the Red Flag
Raising the Red Flag explores the origins of the British Marxist movement from the creation of the Social Democratic Federation to the foundation of the Communist Party. It tells a story of rising class struggle, the founding of the Labour Party, the fight against World War One, the Russian Revolution, and the explosive year of 1919. The book also uses new archival sources to re-examine Marxist organisations such as the British Socialist Party, the Socialist Labour Party, and Sylvia Parkhurst’s Workers’ Socialist Federation. Above all, this is the story of men and women who fought to liberate the working class from capitalism through socialist revolution.
Goodey's Derby
When, in 1936, Alfred E. Goodey handed his collection of paintings of Derby to the council's Art Gallery he ensured that a unique archive was saved for the town. Since then, whenever a selection of the Goodey Collection has been exhibited, it has aroused enormous interest from Derbeians of all ages. Now 100 of the most compelling images of Derby, in a variety of media and styles, have been gathered together in this book Goodey's Derby. The result is a remarkable record of the town in the 19th and early 20th century. Goodey began collecting oils, watercolours prints and photographs in 1886, searching as far afield as America for anything to do with Derby. Eventually he commissioned artists to paint contemporary views of the town, being especially concerned to create a record of anything which was likely to be demolished or otherwise changed forever.
The Celestial Railroad: A Steam Age Saga of Artisanship and Aspiration
This revised annotated work explores the rise and fall of the steam age as it shaped the life of an archetypal industrial family. Particular emphasis is placed on the railroad and shipbuilding industries in Britain and the United States.
Life in Britain and Germany on the Road to War
In December 1922, the distinguished foreign correspondent Leonard Spray warned Britain to 'keep your eye on Hitler'. The carnage of the so-called 'war to end all wars' had left 900,000 British servicemen dead, and more than 2 million suffering physical and psychological wounds, but there was hope. The vanquished had been left with no military capacity to wage another war, and with a huge debt to pay to the victors. The Treaty of Versailles had surely made it impossible for the world to ever again be threatened by Germany? Safe in that knowledge, Britain now had her eye firmly set on new challenges. The cost of the war had already triggered her decline as the world's greatest economic power. ...
