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Simpler Times

Take a stroll down memory lane.

The past comes alive in these memoirs that chronicle the way things used to be. From tales of post-war childhood and families struggling for survival to hardworking women hoping to make a difference, these heartwarming stories are a personal portal back in time.

Title: The Midwife's Sister: The Story of Call The Midwife's Jennifer Worth by her sister Christine, Author: Christine Lee Read an excerpt of this book!
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Title: The Scarlet Sisters: My nanna's story of secrets and heartache on the banks of the River Thames, Author: Helen Batten Read an excerpt of this book!

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A 1950s Childhood: From Tin Baths to Bread and Dripping
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by Paul Feeney
Narrated by  Alan Turton
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Title: A 1950s Housewife: Marriage and Homemaking in the 1950s, Author: Sheila Hardy
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Title: A 1950s Mother: Bringing up Baby in the 1950s, Author: Sheila Hardy
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by Sheila Hardy
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A 1960s Childhood: From Thunderbirds to Beatlemania
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by Paul Feeney
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Title: A Nurse at War: a compelling and vivid tale of love, betrayal and duty in the Second World War, Author: Maggie Holt
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by Maggie Holt
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Title: A Wartime Wife, Author: Lizzie Lane
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by Lizzie Lane
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Title: After the War is Over, Author: Maureen Lee
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by Maureen Lee
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Title: Around the Village Green, Author: Dot May Dunn
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by Dot May Dunn
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At the Coalface: The memoir of a pit nurse
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by Joan Hart, Veronica Clark
Narrated by  Maggie Ollerenshaw
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Title: Blue Above the Chimneys, Author: Christine Marion Fraser
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by Christine Marion Fraser
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Title: Chocolate Girls, Author: Annie Murray
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by Annie Murray
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Constance Street: The true story of one family and one street in London's East End
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by Charlie Connelly
Narrated by  Leighton Pugh
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East End Angel
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East End Angel
by Kay Brellend
Narrated by  Annie Aldington
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Title: Eighteen Couper Street, Author: Millie Gray
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by Millie Gray
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Title: GI Brides: The wartime girls who crossed the Atlantic for love, Author: Duncan Barrett
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by Duncan Barrett, Calvi
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Home Front Girls
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by Rosie Goodwin
Narrated by  Gabrielle Glaister
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Title: Indian Summer: A Molly McQueen Mystery, Author: Maureen Reynolds
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by Maureen Reynolds
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Title: It Shouldn't Happen to a Midwife!, Author: Jane Yeadon
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by Jane Yeadon
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Title: King's Cross Kid: A Childhood Between the Wars, Author: Victor Gregg
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by Victor Gregg
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Title: Matron in Charge, Author: Evelyn Prentis
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by Evelyn Prentis
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