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Ambridge Books Publisher
of ‘The Casualties Were Small’ -
Wartime Poetry and Diaries by May Hill You
have reached the website location of Ambridge
Books, dedicated to the original writing of May Hill – Home Front Diaries
and Poetry – prompted by the Outbreak in 1939 of World War Two. The area of
Lincolnshire (‘Bomber County’) around May’s village had quickly become a
training ground for men of all services: RAF, Army and Navy (HMS Royal Arthur
at ‘Butlins’, Skegness) as well as home to many evacuees. The first open
publication in 2009 was fittingly around the 65th Anniversary of D-Day (6th
June 1944).
Illustrated (33 b/w), 117pp
‘silk’ paper, A5 (21.0 x 14.8 cm), high
quality paperback Published: June 2009 UK
PRICE £8.99 www.ambridgebooks.co.uk The selection of Diary entries
in this compilation has been chosen to include those which reveal the specific
experiences and events which inspired over twenty poems. May’s own writing is
supported by additional explanatory notes and illustrated by over thirty
photographs from the collections of the family and others from the village. READ
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