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Bellbottoms and Blackouts: Memories of a Wren (Paperback)

by Louisa M Jenkins (Author)
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  • Paperback: 132 pages
  • Publisher: iUniverse.com (22 Dec 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0595338666
  • ISBN-13: 978-0595338665
  • Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 568,140 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'The big day had arrived and after only three weeks' intensive training Susan passed out and mustered on the parade ground--a fully fledged Wren in the much sought after Communications branch of the service, proudly boasting the Naval flags on the badge on the sleeve of her jacket. There was a gabble of excited noise as the young Wrens, sounding like their feathered namesakes, jostled and pushed each other around the drafting board...' The author tells it like it was, the trials, the tribulations, and the fun--her detailed and humorous account of her experiences as Wren in World War II is both historically informative and delightfully entertaining.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Why bother?, 20 Aug 2008
By Pamela H. Turbett "Pam Turbett: ex-VS Wren P... (Buckfastleigh, Devon, England) - See all my reviews
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"BellBottoms and Blackouts" by Louisa M. Jenkins.
I was a 1943-1945 Wren "bunting-tosser" (a visual signaller) myself and I found this book both dull and often factually incorrect. The photographs are mainly of the author, Louisa Jenkins - so is this actually Louisa's story written in the third person or is she writing about the war experience of someone else entirely, called Susan Mackenzie? it would be helpful to know. The Author's Copyright is dated 2004 so it could stem from "Granny's" taped memoirs recently recorded. Surely she would have known that Dame Vera Laughton-Matthews was the Director of the W.R.N.S. and not just "a visiting VIP"! And did "Tchaikousky" really write the "Apathetique" symphony? This book badly needed a good editor who would have cut and simplified the pompous language, and muddled narrative and checked the facts. To see how it should have been done, read Stephanie Batstone's book "Wren's Eye View". Same subject, same time, but exciting, accurate in every detail and REAL!
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