Although it is half a century ago, mention Pipewood Camp and the memories come flooding back for thousands of former Nottingham schoolchildren.

In the grey, post-war days of austerity and rationing, city pupils were able to escape the drab streets to spend weeks in the open air, many having never experienced life in the countryside before.

This evocative book reflects those golden days of childhood through the many photographs which were taken at Pipewood Camp, a rural school run by Nottingham Education Committee which was set in the Staffordshire countryside.

It looks back on a time when the sun always seemed to shine, to a place where new friends were made, new adventures enjoyed, new experiences shared - experiences which left an indelible mark on the