Aunt Alice's war : (Record no. 492359)
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| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | OSt |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20260428142251.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781846831416 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | Kenya National Library Service |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 823.92 WAL |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Walker, Douglas |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Aunt Alice's war : |
| Remainder of title | the richly humorous tale of how war came to the sleepy lancashire seaside town of st Anne's / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Douglas Walker. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | iv, 142 pages ; |
| Dimensions | 21cm. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "[In] 1940, war came to St. Anne's , a sleepy Lancashire seaside resort and [the author] and his brother spent several glorious childhood summers helping his eccentric maiden aunt fight the war on the home front. He was, he records, "eight going on none ... and Alice was 45 going on 12." When the call comes for the sons and daughters of England to protect their beloved island, public-spirited Alice willingly volunteers to do her bit for the war effort. She is appointed Air Raid Precautions (ARP) Warden for three of the town's genteel streets of Victorian villas and, dressed in a unique uniform of her own design, immediately sets out to organise the disoprganised and prepare the unprepared ... Told with warmth and tenderness, this ... memoir is a glorious tribute to English eccentricity and to the indomitable spirit that characterised Britain's civilian population during the wartime years. ... |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | English fiction. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | War |
| Form subdivision | Fiction. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Biographical humor |
| Form subdivision | Fiction. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Suppress in OPAC | No |
| Withdrawn status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Buru Buru Library | Acquisition, Cataloguing, Classification and Distribution Development | 04/28/2026 | BAI | 746.00 | 823.92 WAL | B227984 | 04/28/2026 | 04/28/2026 | Books |