Chris Barker

Author of

My Dear Bessie

About

Chris Barker joined the Post Office at fourteen, working as a messenger boy and then as a counter clerk, becoming an active trade union member. He served as a signalman in North Africa during the Second World War.

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  • My Dear Bessie

    Cover artwork for 'My Dear Bessie' by Chris Barker, Bessie Moore

    My Dear Bessie - A Love Story in Letters

    The wartime correspondence which first warmed people’s hearts in Simon Garfield’s To the Letter, now available in a single volume for readers to follow their wonderful and life-changing journey

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