We Learnt About Hitler at the Mickey Mouse Club: A Childhood on the Eve of War

by Enid Elliott Linder

Overview

Enid Elliot Linder was the daughter of a butler and a lady’s maid in service in some of England’s grandest country houses.

Evoking the lost world of a childhood ‘below stairs’, Linder’s touching memoir describes how her life changed as Britain headed towards war.

After the family moved to a Marylebone tenement, her father sought work in London restaurants whilst battling personal demons. Meanwhile Linder’s aunt was nanny to a high-ranking member of the British Union of Fascists as they grew in influence.

In a photorealistic and immensely charming narrative reminiscent of Patrick Hamilton, Linder evokes the sights and smells of prewar London - and of lonely Cornwall, to where she was unhappily evacuated - in a way that will appeal to fans of Call The Midwife or Downton Abbey. A unique personal account of a tumultuous time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781785786099
Publisher:	Icon Books, Ltd. UK
Publication date:	04/13/2021
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.80(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Enid Elliott Linder, who died in 2007, was an artist specialising in silhouette drawings. She left her memoir to her niece Elaine Cox, a lecturer at Oxford Brookes, who promised to assure its publication.

Table of Contents

1 A Message from India 1

2 Behind the Green Baize Door 17

3 Three Gifts from the Maharaja 37

4 The Dream Begins 47

5 Ghosts and Shadows, Dust and Dreams 69

6 The Poor Man at his Gate 87

7 Doorsteps and Copper-sticks 101

8 We Learnt About Hitler at the Mickey Mouse Club 117

9 Scents and Sounds of Baker Street 133

10 A Stranger Called King Pin 151

11 A Fog to Remember 175

12 Patriotism, School and Empire 193

13 City Enterprise 209

14 In Sickness and in Health 227

15 A Time for Change 241

16 Elephants in the Sky 253

17 The Last Summer 275

18 The Moon in the Chimney Pots 289

19 The Longest Goodbye 301

20 Destination Unknown 311

21 Epilogue 321