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Derek Lister has already established a reputation for chronicling the history of his native Bradford. Here, he tells us the story of his own upbringing in the 1940s and 50s—a personal tale of hardship and loss, friendships, loves and youthful adventures. Personal it may be, but it’s an account of a life that manages never to be self-centred or isolated from the rest of the world. A surprising number of public figures contribute cameos and walk-ons—Laurel and Hardy, Richard Todd, even the public executioner—and Derek surrounds his own experience with all the minutiae of life we all recognise from those special times and places. The author is an extraordinary man, who has gone on to lead an extraordinary life but, above all, it is the ordinariness of his upbringing in that era of order, certainty and simple pleasure that is at the heart of our latter day nostalgia and sense of loss that he brings back to life in this delightful memoir.
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This book has been published by Bank House Books in October 2008 and not Sutton Publishing.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A great history of life growing up in the war years and just after.It took me back sixty years, as I was born a couple of years after the author, but more importantly spent my first six years living on the next street to him.The names and places are so accurate and vivid. Anybody who grew up,in a northern city during this time will, I am sure find this a good read.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this book because it was written by a friend of my late husband, who is mentioned in the book. It is an excellent social history of childhood and teen years for those of us who were born before the war. An easy book to read and for me real memory lane.
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