J M Phillips

Lamlash Street J M Phillips

Explore South East London in 1963; a world of nostalgia that sadly cannot be visited anymore.

On Lamlash Street, Cockney families have more character than money, living among the bombed out and condemned buildings. Post WWII London will change swiftly into the era of The Beatles, Twiggy, and modern space-age, swinging London.




Experience the lively true story of a girl on her way to womanhood, coming of age at a moment in London's untold history unlike any other. Jill Phillips tries to secure her first kiss while navigating a world turned upside down and the trauma that her father, mother, and uncle experienced during the war.




It's a time when a neighborhood factory shutting down could mean more than just job loss. As families are torn apart, they rely on questionable yet quirky neighbors and fashion inventive means of survival - like pay cigarette machines in the house and Christmas presents "special ordered" for a fraction of the cost.




Seen-but-not-heard by the adults in her life, Jill looks for young love and struggles to define herself. Stories of Nazi aircraft on the walk home from school, watching Doodle bugs (flying bombs) drop from rooftop perches, and her uncle's unsettling experiences of war service as a young merchant mariner give her a unique lens of the world and what a better future could look like for her family.




If you like non-stereotypical women characters, working-class endurance, and a biography about rallying from abundant loss, then you'll adore this heartfelt and funny historical memoir.




Buy Lamlash Street to take an emotional and touching trip down memory lane today!