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"Dangerous Coastline 1939-1945" by Derek Hart The story is unusual because most of Birchington's children were
evacuated during the War. None of the other 40-45 children who remained,
nor any of the adults, have written of their experiences so far, and the
local press gives very little information about this end of Thanet. Derek,
aged 5 in 1939 and his brother of ten, were in the midst of a war-zone
without realizing it. The story is both amazing and sometimes very funny.
It is well illustrated with black and white photos and drawings and four
useful maps of the area.
The book, in A4 format and limp cover, has a coloured wrap-around picture specially commissioned for the occasion from a talented local artist, Charlie Smart, which illustrates an incident in Derek's story.
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