| About Laurie Brettingham - written by Gary Maddams. |
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| Laurie Brettingham's Publications June 1997: BOOK. 'RAF Beam Benders No. 80 (Signals) Wing 1940-1945' (Midland Publishing: ISBN 1 85780 040 0). 192 pp. Signed copies available from the author, via his email, priced �7 (includes p/p in UK.) Overseas postage extra. February 2002: BOOK. 'Even When the Sparrow are Walking: the Origin and Effect of No.100 (Bomber Support) Group 1943-45. (Librario Publishing: ISBN90-5179-001-5). 336pp. Signed copies available from the author, via his email, priced �14.99 (includes p/p in UK). Overseas postage extra. July 2004: BOOKLET. 'A Witness of War: Personal Memories of the Second World War' [ed Laurie Brettingham] by Walter Brettingham, brother of Laurie. This deals with some of Walter's experiences in the London Blitz and naval service in North Russia where he was in the Royal Navy 'Y Service monitoring enemy radio signals. Also includes frightening details of U-boat attacks on the convoy in which he was travelling to Russia. Post-war Walter was a professional artist and art lecturer and there is a considerable amount of his illustrative work in the booklet. 38pp. 16 illustrations (mostly colour). Copies available from Laurie Brettingham via email priced �5 (includes p/p in UK). Overseas postage extra. Other writing. February 2003. SMALL BOOKLET. 'Secret Wartime Mundesley: a Norfolk village story from the Second World War.' 8 pp. 4 illustrations. Secret radio activities at Mundesley in Second World War. Available from author via email priced �1.50 (including p/p): [There is also a copy available for inspection at Mundesley Museum.] August 1991. ARTICLE published in East Anglian Daily Times, 20th August 1991. 'Suffolk estate's secret role: tank tests on 'battlefield'. Deals with the training of the first tank crews in 1916 on the Estate of the Earl of Iveagh at Elveden, Norfolk before they undertook duty on the Western Front. |
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| As a schoolboy, Laurie Brettingham lived through the London Blitz in the Second World War, and saw some of the extensive preparations for D-Day in Southern England. He thinks that, perhaps, this sparked off his interest in history. After leaving school he worked for a newsagency in London prior to National Service in the Royal Air Force. He was later a London policeman and a primary school teacher in Hertfordshire. |