"We Built and Destroyed" by Douglas Bailey, 1942. (Published in London by Hurst and Blackett, 1944.)
The author's account of events and experiences when employed as an engineer working for the Public Works Office in wartime Malaya.

The Publishing of "We Built and Destroyed".

Penang Now. Photos of modern day Penang, showing Douglas's home and office as they were in December 2017.

"Children and Past Empires" by Douglas Bailey, 1996.
The central portion of this book revisits some of the material of "We Built and Destroyed", now tempered by the passage of time. The beginning includes memories of a childhood in Lancashire, and the later chapters include stories of life in South Wales and the creation of new links with friends from all over the world.

"Per Ardua" or "Runways on the Moors" by Douglas Bailey, 1947.
The unpublished story of the author's time during the second half of the World War Two and the early days of peacetime, working on the airfields of East Anglia.

Douglas Bailey 1941

 

 Douglas Bailey 1983
31 March 1983
Douglas Bailey 2000
Christmas 2000		 Douglas Bailey 2006
1 April 2006