Through a series of five walks this book discovers the sights, sounds
and experience of the capital at war; it details the remaining tangible evidence
of the dark days via air raid shelter signs, bomb damage on buildings and
memorials detailing heroic and often tragic events.
The new routes cover a wide area of London and reveal further evidence of the
experiences of four years air war in the skies above our capital city. The East
End and Docks, Greenwich, Bermondsey, Southwark
and the West End are all featured, along with
detailed maps and numerous contemporary photographs that accompany the text for
each walk.
The book also contains a number of appendices relating to the wider
picture of the war. A well deserved story of London’s Home Guard is told. A list of Civil
Defence casualties that occurred within the boroughs covered by the walks is
included as well as a detailed list of the locations of wartime fire and
ambulance stations across the capital.
This book will appeal to both the enthusiast and anyone with an
interest in London’s past. It is a further record of the
memories and tangible evidence of this dramatic period of our capital’s past and
a tribute to those who lived through the Blitz and sadly so often, those who did
not.
