or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
 
More Buying Choices
34 used & new from £2.99
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
Now Then Lad...: Tales of a country bobby
 
 

See 1 customer image
Share your own customer images
Search inside this book

Now Then Lad...: Tales of a country bobby (Paperback)

by Mike Pannett (Author)
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
RRP: £7.99
Price: £5.91 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
You Save: £2.08 (26%)
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In stock.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk. Gift-wrap available.

Want guaranteed delivery by Tuesday, November 17? Choose Express delivery at checkout. See Details
27 new from £2.99 7 used from £2.99
Other Editions: RRP: Our Price: Other Offers:
Hardcover (Audiobook,MP3 Audio) £39.50 £39.50 2 used & new from £39.50
Hardcover (Large Print) £19.99 £19.99 Order it used
Audio CD (Audiobook) Order it used
Audio Cassette (Audiobook) £31.95 £31.95 2 used & new from £31.95

Frequently Bought Together

Now Then Lad...: Tales of a country bobby + You're Coming with Me Lad: Tales of a Yorkshire Bobby + Teacher, Teacher!
Price For All Three: £18.65

Show availability and delivery details

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

You're Coming with Me Lad: Tales of a Yorkshire Bobby

You're Coming with Me Lad: Tales of a Yorkshire Bobby

by Mike Pannett
4.7 out of 5 stars (18)  £7.76
Dear Teacher

Dear Teacher

by Jack Sheffield
4.4 out of 5 stars (23)  £5.25
Teacher, Teacher!

Teacher, Teacher!

by Jack Sheffield
4.5 out of 5 stars (35)  £4.98
Mister Teacher

Mister Teacher

by Jack Sheffield
5.0 out of 5 stars (24)  £4.88
A Bit of a Hero

A Bit of a Hero

by Gervase Phinn
3.0 out of 5 stars (2)  £3.54
› Explore similar items

Product details

  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Constable (29 May 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 184529811X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1845298111
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,535 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

    Popular in these categories:

    #2 in  Books > Biography > True Crime > Police
    #26 in  Books > Society, Politics & Philosophy > True Accounts
    #62 in  Books > Society, Politics & Philosophy > Social Sciences

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Product Description

Book Description

A true-life Heartbeat for the twenty-first century.


Product Description

A true-life Heartbeat for the twenty-first century. Yorkshireman Mike Pannett has just taken up a new posting as a local bobby in rural North Yorkshire. It's quite a change from the Met, where he dealt with riots on the capital's streets and drug gangs in Battersea, and found out what it was like to stare down the wrong end of a sawn-off shotgun. Now, instead of hunting down knife-wielding muggers, he's chasing runaway bullocks, holding up the Last Night of the Proms traffic to escort a lost mole across the road and combing the countryside for the villains who stole the Colonel's balls. Mike's first year on his new patch is told in seventeen chapters which interweave his escapades on the beat month by month together with his growing knowledge of a landscape that changes with the seasons and some snapshots from his off-duty life. Here is a wonderfully entertaining celebration of North Yorkshire, its breathtaking scenery and wide variety of characters and communities.
See all Product Description
Inside This Book (Learn More)
Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Back Cover
Search inside this book:

Tags Customers Associate with This Product

 (What's this?)
Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
 
(8)
(7)
(7)
(7)
(7)
(7)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(5)
(5)
See all 31 tags...

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

Now Then Lad...: Tales of a country bobby
86% buy the item featured on this page:
Now Then Lad...: Tales of a country bobby 4.8 out of 5 stars (28)
£5.91
You're Coming with Me Lad: Tales of a Yorkshire Bobby
7% buy
You're Coming with Me Lad: Tales of a Yorkshire Bobby 4.7 out of 5 stars (18)
£7.76
Dear Teacher
3% buy
Dear Teacher 4.4 out of 5 stars (23)
£5.25
Teacher, Teacher!
3% buy
Teacher, Teacher! 4.5 out of 5 stars (35)
£4.98
Explore similar items
 

Customer Reviews

28 Reviews
5 star:
 (22)
4 star:
 (5)
3 star:
 (1)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
4.8 out of 5 stars (28 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Spot on!, 5 Jun 2008
Being married to a Yorkshire city/rural Bobby for over 30 years I just couldn't resist this, and I wasn't disappointed. It brought back wonderful memories. He's just so spot on! Who wants misery rubbish publishers keep pushing at us? This book made me smile and left me feeling good to be alive. More please.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Could not put this down!, 31 May 2008
I had a hunch when this book arrived through the letterbox that I would enjoy it, and I was not disappointed! It was enjoyable on so many levels. As well as immersing you in the world of a northern bobby it paints a wonderful portrait of the part of the Yorkshire I love and in which I grew up. At times touching, gripping and hilarious, Mike Pannett truly is a modern day James Herriott. I haven't enjoyed a book so much since I was a boy.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Lovely book, marred by one thing, 22 Aug 2008
By R. D. Eager "rde42" (Herne Bay, Kent, UK) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
I too read the extracts in the Daily Mail, and thought it would be a good book to get. I read it quite quickly, thoroughly enjoying it. A real feelgood read.

What was wrong, then? Well, Mike is a Yorkshireman and obviously doesn't want to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. So he left the book effectively unfinished, with a cliffhanger - not what you expect from a book such as this. Ironically, the vagaries of binding left eight blank pages at the end, which added insult to injury. No doubt Mike will bring out another book and be laughing all the way to the bank.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Very, very good.
I have just reviewed the authors 2nd book, "You're coming with me lad" so wont repeat myself. Both books are excellent and well worth reading.
Published 14 days ago by Ms. C. E. Sugden

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect book for all
Have just finished both of mike Pannett's books. I am now going to pass onto my parents to read. I think it is a perfect book to pick up and put down as and when you feel like. Read more
Published 28 days ago by R. A. Rooke

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
This 1st book by Mike was brilliant. His 2nd "You're coming with me lad" is even better. Brilliant. can't wait for the next installment. 10 out of 10
Published 1 month ago by R. J. Mather

5.0 out of 5 stars Now then Lad.
A fantastic review of what policing is all about in North Yorkshire, and as I used to go to school in Malton, and lived in Scarborough, I know the area well. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mrs. Jean Broadbent

3.0 out of 5 stars Now Then Lad
I thought the stories pick upfrom the middle to the end of the book. Not James Herriot, but made me laugh at times.
Published 5 months ago by V. Walker

4.0 out of 5 stars 'Now then Lad'
Now Then Lad...: Tales of a country bobby
This was the last on my list of a weeks holiday read.
Save the best till last eh ? Read more
Published 5 months ago by H. Whelan

4.0 out of 5 stars now then lad
Takes a wee bit of getting into at first then it grabs you by the throat and doesn't let go. I have had some really strange looks when reading thois on the bus and in coffee shops... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Lynne Mckeag

5.0 out of 5 stars A Bobbies'Bobby
I found this book by chance after seeing an advert in a magazine.As a retired rural police officer and with family living in North yorkshire I thought it was worth a look. Read more
Published 12 months ago by George Dixon

4.0 out of 5 stars Policing in the wilds of Yorkshire
Written in a conversational style the book takes you right into a year in the life of Mike Pannett who moved from the Met back to Yorkshire where he was born and bred. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Damaskcat

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it
Have just finished this book, and LOVED it. I found it kept my interest from start to finish. It was poignant-hilarious-interesting. Read more
Published 15 months ago by A lady from Devon

Only search this product's reviews


Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
   
Related forums

Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject











i.e., each product must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback

Ad

Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.