Bilston, Bradley & Ladymoor: A Sixth Selection

Davies, Joan

Davies, Ron

The History Press

This is Ron Davies's seventh book about the Black Country townships of Bilston, Bradley, and Ladymoor. The area has a rich industrial heritage, which forged a strong sense of community among its residents, many of whom worked in the factories, foundries, and workshops. In these tight-knit settlements, churches and chapels, sports clubs and societies grew and flourished, and the people who lived here—despite tough times and often poor living conditions—all stuck together. This collection of more than 200 old photographs will make you pause awhile and explore some of the old shops, chapels, canals, pubs, vanished industrial enterprises, workshops, and byways which are in danger of being forgotten.

Bilston, Bradley & Ladymoor: A Seventh Selection (Britain in Old Photographs)

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

LLUN A CHAN (in Welsh)

Gomer]

While the roots of our history in the places mentioned here lie mainly in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, we feel more content with our recent tangible past, especially through the magic of photographs, where we can identify old streets, houses, workplaces, schoolrooms, faces of old friends, our parents, grandparents and scenes that have been hidden away in the dark corners of our minds. We hope that somewhere within these pages there is something of a surprise for everyone, for no book is complete without this element. Most of the things we knew not so long ago have now disappeared - pit blanks, slag heaps, chimney stacks, crowds going to and from work, a time when horses and carts and bicycles ruled the highways. Times may have been hard for so little gain, and pleasures were simple - a visit to the cinema, a weekend dance, the tinkling of a pub piano, the beauty of a perambulating church anniversary - this is what these pages are all about ...nostalgia.

Bilston, Bradley and Ladymoor from Old Photographs

Hawthorne, Roy

Amberley Publishing

Ron Davies was born on the Wirral peninsula of England into an old farming family and grew up during the Great Depression.Using family records and a remarkable memory Ron paints a vivid picture of self-reliance and making do in hard times...largely due to mutual support, not state help.As for many others his life was disrupted by the transition to Total War in 1939.Wirral and nearby Liverpool suffered heavy bombing for three years with much destruction and many deaths including Ron's Uncle Ned.Despite being in a reserved occupation Ron volunteered for the RAF and recounts his adventures training in the USA and Canada before becoming operational back in the UK.In 101 Squadron Bomber Command he played an active part in preparing for and supporting the Normandy Invasion and in destroying Germany's V1 and V2 'terror weapon' sites.In 1945 as an expert bomb aimer he joined a secret mission to perfect a new bomb sight designed to destroy the Japanese fleet.Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the surrender ended the project.At home Ron like many returning servicemen found life hard under post war austerity and his life entered a routine of hard work to support his family.For several decades the Bombing War was controversial and its veterans received no state recognition.It was not until the 21st century that the nation felt ready to honour and remember the 55,000 bomber boys who died in action to save their country (and the 8,000 who died in training).Ron renewed contact with his old squadron and was able to meet old friends and exchange stories of what they had survived.It becomes clear that these men in their ninetieshave pin sharp memories. Several military mysteries also emerged which Ron followed up with his usual enthusiasm.He decided to bring together, his RAF log book, several memoirs of his adventures and the new information and this book was born.At this time new memorials were finally built to celebrate Bomber Command and Ron was able to attend several commemorative events with his son and friends.Ron also discovered the Military History community and other adventures followed including selling 'The Book' the proceeds of which have gone to local and national charities.

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Biographies & Memoirs

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I Will Pour Out My Spirit

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Monarch Books

Most commentators agree that the Protestant Missionary effort really got under way in the late eighteenth century with the formation of the Baptist Missionary Society. Bearing in mind that the Reformation began in the early 16th Century the obvious question that arises is 'Why did it take Protestants nearly 3 centuries to act on Jesus' Great Commission mandate?'This book goes some of the way to explaining why. We are introduced to five Protestant, Christian thinkers who had a mind for mission, long before the Protestant World as a whole became aware of the need. From the celebrated Jonathan Edwards to the comparatively unknown Jan Amos Comenius, we see how these five men were ahead of their time. They influenced thinking about mission and their comments ultimately led to the missionary explosion which began at the end of the eighteenth century and which carries on to the present day.

A Heart for Mission: Five Pioneer Thinkers

Christian Focus

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