{"id":7,"date":"2025-02-05T08:15:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T08:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2026-03-20T16:22:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:22:43","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7\" class=\"elementor elementor-7\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e3c675 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4e3c675\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6dbfdc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e6dbfdc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb30527 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eb30527\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Welcome<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77cdfd0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77cdfd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Hello \u2013 and thank you for looking at my website!\u00a0 I am delighted that my latest book Their Second World War is out now.\u00a0 My published books all contain true stories of WWII, given to me by veterans who lived through it, or by family members wanting their loved one\u2019s experiences to be recorded.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>It is such a privilege to have written these books.<\/p><p>I also like to bring people together through my love of words, so I run workshops, and have a couple of self-published books written by people who attend my workshops.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>And, if you would like your own story written, focusing on whichever part \/ parts of your life you would like documented, I can help you.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a1ec9c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0a1ec9c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a10d653 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a10d653\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39403aa e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"39403aa\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2810b51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2810b51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Workshop<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-035358a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"035358a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i>Starting in September in Bungay &#8211; A Life Stories Workshop<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb5cc35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"cb5cc35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/?page_id=42\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Contact<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5e79e3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f5e79e3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb5d75d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"cb5d75d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88825d9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"88825d9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-835a961 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"835a961\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fad2d0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1fad2d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2107d213-e337-440d-bc67-28b4bf844766-243x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-184\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2107d213-e337-440d-bc67-28b4bf844766-243x300.png 243w, https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2107d213-e337-440d-bc67-28b4bf844766-828x1024.png 828w, https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2107d213-e337-440d-bc67-28b4bf844766-768x949.png 768w, https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2107d213-e337-440d-bc67-28b4bf844766.png 1063w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca8611a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ca8611a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0d8268 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f0d8268\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">OUT NOW - THEIR SECOND WORLD WAR<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e24ab1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9e24ab1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u2013 Published by Key Publishing Ltd, 2025<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7c3185 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b7c3185\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Have you ever wondered, What it would be like to fly in a bombing raid involving more than l,000 aircrafts? If you would risk your own life to save the life of a horse following enemy attacks? What it felt like to parachute to the ground from more than 10,000 feet in the air? What might be some of the most unusual cargo transported by sailors in the Merchant Navy?<\/p><p>Their Second World War contains the answers to these questions, and many more; revealed in true testimony given to me, by the veterans themselves, or using letters and diaries belonging to family members not wanting their loved one&#8217;s stories to be forgotten.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40f5ecb elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"40f5ecb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" 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data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_scale_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_scale_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:3,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;motion_fx_scale_range&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:42,&quot;end&quot;:100}},&quot;motion_fx_scale_direction&quot;:&quot;out-in&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1383\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1738668515.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-23\" alt=\"\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1744898150.png 1500w, https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1744898150-300x277.png 300w, https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1744898150-1024x944.png 1024w, https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1744898150-768x708.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Remarkable Journeys of The Second World War<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-689e2fe elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"689e2fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1383\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1738677916.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-25\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1738677916.png 1500w, https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1738677916-300x277.png 300w, https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1738677916-1024x944.png 1024w, https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1738677916-768x708.png 768w, https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1738677916-1200x1106.png 1200w, https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1738677916-1400x1291.png 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Elizabeth\u2019s Poetry of Hope<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eee9e0e elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"eee9e0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1383\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1747845298.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-140\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1747845298.png 1500w, https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1747845298-300x277.png 300w, https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1747845298-1024x944.png 1024w, https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1747845298-768x708.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Short Stories and Tiny Tales<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b840ea elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"9b840ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1383\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1748856421.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-142\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1748856421.png 1500w, https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1748856421-300x277.png 300w, 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