In drawing together the various threads with which this novel is woven I am indebted to many people and organisations for their help, information and advice (any error or omission is wholly mine!), including (in no particular order):
Clink Street Publishing’s Gareth Howard and Hayley Radford and my editor Peter Salmon for their invaluable advice and guidance
Ryan Dunleavy, Head of Media Law and Reputation Management at McMillan Williams Solicitors Limited, and his team
St Martin-in-the-Fields Old Girls’ Association, especially Elaine Whiston, Marie Cross and Denise Rooke
Mrs Beverley Stanislaus, Headteacher of St Martin-in-the-Fields, for her kind permission to use the extract from the school song
Sylvia and Graham Oliver Stewards at the Leatherhead Museum (which has an excellent Second World War room) and publications of the Leatherhead and District Local History Society
Mary Douglas and David Douglas for their advice on Canadian-English and Canadian culture
Richard Bowden and the Lancashire at War website for information about Lowercroft Camp
Tony Saville (son of the original Staff Sergeant Instructor of the School of Electric Lighting)
The staff of the Bury Reference Library
Alan Piper of the Brixton Historical Society (who tells me that the dental practice is still there)
The staff of the Doncaster Archives
John Barter and Brian Jennings of the Frinton and Walton Heritage Trust
RAF Museums at Hendon and Cosford
Andy McNab whose talk and self-help books have been inspirational
My husband for his support and historical perspective
My wider family and friends for their advice and encouragement and for their faith in me in achieving my lifelong ambition.
Copyright
Published by Clink Street Publishing 2017
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First edition.
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This novel is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, except as explicitly stated by the Author in the Author’s Note herein or by the Author in other media, is entirely coincidental.
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