Lovers and Strangers Paperback Soft toys burnt-out mansions and gently decaying

burnt-out mansions and gently decaying factories

This is one of a group of paintings John Piper produced in December 1940 and January 1941 featuring London's bomb-damaged churches

Age from 3 years

This historic map depicts the Thames and various landmarks along the length of the scarf

Lovers and Strangers Paperback Soft toys burnt-out mansions and gently decayingThe battered and exhausted Britain of 1945 was desperate for workers to rebuild, to fill the factories, to make the new NHS work. From all over the world and with many motives, thousands of individuals took the plunge. Most assumed they would spend just three or four years here, sending most of their pay back home, but instead large numbers stayed and transformed the country. Drawing on an amazing array of unusual and surprising sources, Clair Wills'