Ronnie and Hilda Williams met, completely by chance, in Lancashire in 1945, when they were both just 21 years of age.
This was when Ronnie as on home leave after taking part in some of the most harrowing and difficult campaigns of the Second World War, in Italy.
The romance of Ronnie and Hilda is told by their daughter Wendy Williams who used over 250 of the letters that were passed between the couple as the basis for this most moving love story.
Fully aware that Ronnie would be called upon to return to active service they took the decision to become engaged after knowing each other for less than a fortnight. Ten day, to be exact.
Until Ronnie's demob two years later in 1947, their letters were the main way the young couple used to learn about each other and to get to know one another.
It's filled with wonderful family anecdotes, humorous and serious and it is a warm and very human story.
It's also copiously illustrated with some lovely photographs.
You will also learn what films they watched, what they read, what they listened to and you'll also read the incredible story of Mr Bundle.
The book makes a lively read and is all the better for knowing that the people within its pages were all very real. Well, with the exception of Mr Bundle. And if you pay your £12.99 for the book, you'll learn all about the real people and the very charming story of the fictional Mr Bundle, too!
The book is published by Matador.
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