Those nice folks at "After The Battle".

Discussion in 'Postwar' started by James S, Nov 7, 2008.

  1. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Still no BEF one :(
     
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  2. Peter Clare

    Peter Clare Very Senior Member

    I have this book, very good, well worth the money, although as I contributed to some of the text I received a complimentary copy :)

    David Smith is a member of this forum.
     
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  3. hucks216

    hucks216 Member

    And they are already lining up the next book...

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  5. Markyboy

    Markyboy Member

    Does anybody have the Wrecks and Recovery book? Looks like a no brainer purchase but there's a negative review from Dilip Sarkar (allegedly) on Amazon. Seems a bit petty but I thought I'd check in with you gurus.

    Also, I've been looking at the Battle of Britain tome which I'll probably purchase this year. It's a bit of a hefty price tag though so does anybody know if a version VI is possibly on the horizon or not?
     
  6. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    The amount of research that goes into these books is enormous and I would imagine nothing of their ilk will be produced in the future.

    I saw the comment but I am sure there is a lot of detail in there and if you find a quote/article in any book which requires clarification you/we can always come on here and run it past forum members who will always come up with the answer.

    Battle of BritainStill showing as MkV on the website
    I have this copy amongst other ATB books and it is superb.



    Regards
    Clive
     
  7. Markyboy

    Markyboy Member

    Cheers Clive,

    I've only got the Battle of France one so far, but definitely plan to expand. I've just been on their website and clocked the Battle of Britain one was originally published in 1980, so I'm not surprised it's had some updates over the last 40 years.

    There are so many crash sites around where I live that I could really do with some decent reference books to find out what was happening above my head back in the day. Might even get the kids more interested!
     
  8. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    I think they are all a great source of info .
    If you ever have any questions I am sure between us the forum members have the full set so should be easy to dig out info.
     
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  9. Charley Fortnum

    Charley Fortnum Dreaming of Red Eagles

    I've no idea about new editions, but at 816 large-format pages, the Mark V is easily the largest and heaviest book I own.
     
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  10. Uncle Target

    Uncle Target Mist over Dartmoor

    I came to be interested in WW2 as a lad with Britains toy soldiers and Dinky toys, then Airfix aircraft and aircraft carrier. I had the complete set in around 1957
    My friend and myself got bored one school holiday and shot up the planes with a BSA Meteor 0.22 air rifle including a Lancaster Bomber, hanging them from trees on fishing line and the Aircraft Carrier after carefully ballasting it to float on the local river..
    I got back into it as a young man in the 1970's with After the Battle which I subscribed to along with my father in law to be.
    He left me his collection in 1994 along with the letters and Albums of an officer in the 67th Field Regt. I then had two collections plus "Panzers in Normandy" which I sold along with one set of ATB in about 2001 as I was out of work and short of cash.
    I still have my father in laws set of ATB and the Falklands set along with some Royal Airforce Year Books.
    To be perfectly frank they are getting a bit faded as magazine pages dont seem to age very well.
    They do make useful references at times when I visit sites like this.
    Perhaps they might provide a lifeline again if things get worse.

    My father in law was a picture Framer who sold posters from ATB (Plaistow Press from memory) and got to know them quite well but not well enough for them to publish his war memoires in the RAF.
    He used to have the complete set of airfields in Gt Britain I think my nephew has them along with his uniform etc.
     

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  11. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Oft seen ref to Plaistow Press

    Plaistow was considered the heart of West Ham's printing tradition as the Plaistow Press took over the work of the Whitwell Press. In around 1928 the Plaistow press moved to a new building on the opposite side of Plaistow Road. A new building was built in New Plaistow Road when the Plaistow Road building was compulsory purchased by the borough council in 1955.
    https://eastsidech.wixsite.com/growingupinplaistow/history-of-plaistow
     
  12. Uncle Target

    Uncle Target Mist over Dartmoor

    Magazine No1 1973 Somewhat dated now, we were used to poor definition B&W pics.
    They had to explain what "then & now meant" but they weren't shy about dead bodies.
    It rapidly , like television at the time, went full colour wherever possible.
    Just like other media entertainment of the time it leant heavily on transatlantic subjects of interest.
     

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    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

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  17. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Crikey
    Never see the like again methinks
    The tomes are special
     
  18. idler

    idler GeneralList

    And perpetually in print.

    I'm worried that I may have to panic buy...
     
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  19. JDKR

    JDKR Member

    Copy No.193 flopped through my letter box today. I have been buying ATB since 1973 and I felt more than a pang of sadness that Winston’s era has come to an end. What an outstanding job he has done and he has brought huge enjoyment to countless numbers of readers. I wish him all the very best for his retirement. Great job, well done.
     
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