{"product_id":"9781803994840","title":"Bad Lads : RAF National Service Remembered","description":"Author(s): Townsend, Alf, \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003eDate of Publication: 26\/10\/2023, \u003cbr\u003ePagination: 192 pages, \u003cbr\u003eSeries: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: The History Press Ltd, \u003cbr\u003e Published By: The History Press Ltd, \u003cbr\u003eBook Classification: London, Greater London\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 197 x 129 x 17mm\u003cbr\u003eWeight: 214g\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781803994840\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween 1945 and 1963 over 2 1⁄2 million 18-year-olds were called up for national service. Alf Townsend was one of them, and here he tells his story – the highs and lows of life as a lowly Aircraftman Second Class in the early 1950s. Before national service intervened Alf was ‘heading down the criminal road at top speed’, having grown up in a North London slum where money was short and local villains were revered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBad Lads is a warts and all account of Alf Townsend’s time in the RAF, when he was transplanted into a completely new world of misfits and officer types, rogues and entertainers, all amusingly described in the author’s inimitable style.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44332520472813,"sku":"9781803994840","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/files\/9781803994840.jpg?v=1724776254","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781803994840","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}