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Bad Lads: Raf National Service Remembered by Alf Townsend

Bad Lads: Raf National Service Remembered by Alf Townsend

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Between 1945 and 1963, over two and a half million eighteen-year-olds were called up for National Service. Alf Townsend was one of them, and here he tells his story - the highs and lows of life as a lowly Aircraftman Second Class in the early '50s. Before national service intervened, Alf was 'heading down the criminal road at top speed', having grown up in a north London slum, where money was short and local villains were revered. This book is a warts-and-all account of Alf's time in the Raf, when he was transplanted into a completely new world of misfits and officer types, rogues and entertainers, all amusingly described in his own inimitable style.

Publisher: The History Press
Publication date: 2011-02-01
Pages: 144
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780752460543-N
Dimensions: 247.0 x 171.0 x 8.0 mm
Weight: 0.389 kg View full details