Wartime in Wyre Forest is a 32 page collection of fascinating wartime stories from the surrounding district. Read of the exploits of some of those who went off to fight for our freedom, and of those who stayed and helped on the home front. The munitions that were made in our local factories and underground at Drakelow. Read about the evacuees and the meals some of them ate, and of Blakeshall's fields of deception.Read General Patton's speech that he made at Camp Bewdley and of General De Gaulle's visits to Ribbesford house Bewdley, and much more.

You can also read something about the American hospital at Wolverley and the surprise visit of General Eisenhower in 1944.

The publication is on sale at newsagents or you can order it on line at www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk the cost is £1 from local shops and an extra £1 if ordered online for P&P.