Ron Freethy (1936–2013)

Ron Freethy, who was brought up in Askam, has spoken to many people who remember those days and what it was like to cope with air-raids, ration books, low-flying trainer aircraft and shortages of almost everything. Their first-hand accounts make this book an authentic and fascinating record of life vis mere during those frightening, hard-working but exciting days when everyone in Cumbria pulled together for the common good and for eventual peace and freedom. vis mindre