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On the Street Where You Live. Growing Up in 1950's London

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Falling for London : A Cautionary Tale

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UNPLANNED - The Snakes and Ladders of a Life in the City of Westminster : The Autobiography of Robert Davis MA MBE DL Former Lord Mayor of Westminster and Deputy Leader of Westminster Council

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Knock Down Ginger : Illustrated Tales from Younger Days

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Where the Children Take Us : How One Family Achieved the Unimaginable

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East End Tales

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Her Ladyship's Girl : A Maid's Life in London

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Silvertown : An East End Family Memoir

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Home : The Story of Everyone Who Ever Lived in Our House

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My Dad, The Guv'nor - The True Story of My Life with the Legendary Hard Man, Lenny McLean

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A Hoxton Childhood

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Growing Up in Fulham

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Goodbye, Mango Sergeant : Memoir of a Jamaica Trench Town Boy

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To Bella, Nelly & Jos : Letters from Their Grandmother About Long Ago & Other Places

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Thoroughly with Enthusiasm : The Life of Sir Peter Gadsden

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Newham Woman : Lives, Memories, Opinions

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High Buildings, Low Morals : Another Sideways Look at Twentieth Century London

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Love, Hate and the Leader : A Fascist Childhood

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Unfinished Journey : Big Things in a Small Suitcase

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