Description:"Darling the hour has almost arrived. We leave tonight … I am feeling it very much but I must not weaken. I must be brave. I think that will be the best attitude to take for us all"Harold Bishop is called up to the army in 1941, aged 39. He leaves behind his wife Joan, his children and his livelihood as butler of the grand Cardoness House. What follows is a tender and revealing collection of letters home.Despite the restrictions of the censors, Harold describes his time in a training barracks in Edinburgh, his health and clothes, and his eventual deployment to North Africa. His letters also reveal glimpses of Joan’s experiences, making this a valuable social history and a record of a soldier’s service.A tender and revealing collection that shares the life and cares of a soldier and his family during WWIIWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Harold and Joan: Letters Home, an intimate glimpse of one man’s journey through World War II. To get started finding Harold and Joan: Letters Home, an intimate glimpse of one man’s journey through World War II, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
188
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Crumps Barn Studio
Release
2022
ISBN
1915067189
Harold and Joan: Letters Home, an intimate glimpse of one man’s journey through World War II
Description: "Darling the hour has almost arrived. We leave tonight … I am feeling it very much but I must not weaken. I must be brave. I think that will be the best attitude to take for us all"Harold Bishop is called up to the army in 1941, aged 39. He leaves behind his wife Joan, his children and his livelihood as butler of the grand Cardoness House. What follows is a tender and revealing collection of letters home.Despite the restrictions of the censors, Harold describes his time in a training barracks in Edinburgh, his health and clothes, and his eventual deployment to North Africa. His letters also reveal glimpses of Joan’s experiences, making this a valuable social history and a record of a soldier’s service.A tender and revealing collection that shares the life and cares of a soldier and his family during WWIIWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Harold and Joan: Letters Home, an intimate glimpse of one man’s journey through World War II. To get started finding Harold and Joan: Letters Home, an intimate glimpse of one man’s journey through World War II, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.