Yesterdays: Our finest hours, 1939-1953

by Eric Midwinter

This evocative collection features 80 photographs of Britain taken between the invasion of Poland and the Queen's coronation, an event described as 'the real end of the war' because of the change in the national mood after the enduring social impact of the conflict. Female factory workers, Blitz-battered buildings, evacuees, ration queues, ENSA performances, VE Day, jitterbugging, the Festival of Britain and the creation of the NHS all feature in this portrait of a country under pressure.

95 pages, Hardcover

First published September 20, 2001

About the author

Eric Clare Midwinter was an English author, broadcaster and academic. He was a consumer advocate, a social policy analyst, a historian of the sport of cricket and an expert on British comedy.