Product Description
The much-loved tale of a northern lad during the Second World WarIt was on a Sunday night in 1928 that Billy Hopkins made his first appearance. Billy’s tenement home on the outskirts of Manchester would be considered a slum today, but he lived there happily with his large Catholic family, hatching money-making schemes with his many friends. When war came, and the Luftwaffe dominated the night sky, Billy was evacuated to Blackpool. There he lived on a starvation diet while his own rations went to feed his landlady’s children – ‘I might as well be in Strangeways!’ But even the cruel blows that were to be dealt to the family on his return to Manchester would not destroy Billy’s fighting spirit – or his sense of humour.
Synopsis
Born in 1928, Billy Hopkins lived happily on the outskirts of Manchester with his large Catholic family, hatching money-making schemes with his friends. When war came Billy was evacuated to Blackpool, to a landlady who gave Billy's rations to her own children, while Billy lived on a starvation diet. Here he enjoyed his first romance.
