When Peace Returned To Our Place: A fiction set on Tyneside during 1945 following World War Two

By David Armstrong

When Peace Returned to Our Place is the sequel to When the War Came to Our Place, which concluded as the nation celebrated Victory in Europe Day in May 1945, with the main characters dancing the night away at Whickham Miners Hall.
Bill and Maggie Atkinson are longing for a peaceful life after six long years of war. Their younger daughter, Sally, is determined to divorce her estranged husband, Pete, and looks forward to beginning a new career as a nurse.
Arthur Hall hopes for a smooth transition from wartime to peacetime industry to secure the continued prosperity of his engineering company. Meanwhile, his wife, Pamela, dreams of forging a career of her own in politics.
Julie Brownlee's thoughts are with her brother Michael and her fianc Tommy, praying they both return safely home from the war. Her dearest wish is for a Christmas wedding and the start of a fairy-tale life with Tommy.
When Peace Returned to Our Place begins immediately after the VE Day celebrations come to a close. Yet the realities of a broken, exhausted nation-rationing, shortages, a bankrupt economy and uncertainty-soon bring everyone back down to earth. Although the war has been won, true peace, prosperity, and happiness remain distant dreams.
Demobilisation is slow, new rationing measures are introduced, and Hall's Engineering faces a post-victory slump as government contracts dry up.
Julie's dream of ending 1945 with her beloved Tommy at her side turns to heartbreak when a series of troubling letters arrive from the south of England.
How each of these characters adjusts to life in the uneasy peace that follows forms the heart of When Peace Returned to Our Place.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FXH5CBZD
• ISBN13: 9798271232848
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"