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Where Did it All Go Right?: Growing Up Normal in the 70s (Paperback)

by Andrew Collins (Author)
3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (53 customer reviews)
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  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Ebury Press; New edition edition (4 Mar 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0091894360
  • ISBN-13: 978-0091894368
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (53 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 37,131 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'This is a book to indulge in, the literary equivalent of Horlicks before bed, guaranteed to leave you feeling all warm inside', The Observer


Birmingham Evening Mail

A refreshing read . . . a thoroughly entertaining snapshot of life in the Seventies.
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18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Millions like us, 19 Feb 2003
By J. R. E. Peake (London, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Where Did it All Go Right?: Growing Up Normal in the 70s (Paperback)
At last, someone's written the book of my life. Who thought normal could be so entertaining? Andrew Collins passage from tot to teen in the suburbs of Northampton is a triumph.
Being of identical age to the author (he is in fact three months older than me to the day), this brilliant book evokes so many memories of growing up in the Seventies and early Eighties.
The toys, the food (though my mum was a better cook), the music (still not sure about 999), the school days, the thoughts and the feelings - the book struck myriad chords, I sometimes thought Andrew Collins might have sneaked a look at my own diaries (all two of them). I found some startling parallels, like a childhood fear of the disabled and 'bits' in school milk, to name but two of thousands.
The teenage years were a treat too: The clothes, the girls, the rows, - the 'commendably effeminate' suedette pixie boots...
Of course the the best thing about this book is that, thanks to the Collins diaries, these memories are real. They knock tiresome ten-a-penny nostalgia shows into a cocked hat. Read it and weep, Jamie Theakston!
If you grew up 'normal' in the Seventies and early Eighties, this is a book you MUST read.
No whingers.
A triumph.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Halcyon days, 23 Aug 2004
Right from the moment I picked up this book, it really struck a chord with me. I'm a couple of years younger than Andrew, but seem to have had a similar upbringing. I certainly found myself nodding and smiling as I was reading it. Actually had 'something in my eye' on a couple of occasions, which is most embarrassing when reading on a crowded train!
I'm a happily married 35 year old, but there's obviously something deep inside me which yearns to go back to being a pre-school kid in shorts, playing with my toy soldiers in the local playpark's sandpit. Back when it always sunny and I never had a care in the world. Waiting for mum to shout on me telling me that tea's ready. (Findus Crispy Pancakes followed by a Supermousse).
Nostalgia's always an easy target for criticism, but, for me, the way Andrew wrote this makes it different somehow. Thanks for a great read.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars My review of "Where did it all go Right?", 29 Mar 2004
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Until I actually bought this book I did not know that Andrew was born the same year as me 1965. From then on I was hooked. It seemed that so many similarties were coming up in his life to mine. It was a funny, sentimental stroll down memory lane. The talk of Welfare Orange bought back memories (and the taste). An easy to read and enjoyable book. I look forward to reading his next instalment - well done Andrew!
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2.0 out of 5 stars Growing up dull, smug and suburban in the 70s
I quite liked the premise of this book - a riposte by someone who'd had a normal, happy childhood to the ranks of misery lit tomes detailing the horrors of traumatic childhoods... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars A fellow 'good childhood' survivor - at last!
In a publishing world swamped with terrible stories of child abuse, this book is as rereshing as a rain shower on a hot day. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Meerkat

1.0 out of 5 stars YOU COULD FALL ASLEEP WHILE ANDREW COLLINS SEARCHES BACK THROUGH HIS CHILDHOOD LOOKING FOR SOMETHING WORTH REMEMBERING....
Where did it all go right....? Good question andrew collins, but unfortunately - no-one cares.
Andrew`s family once appeared on `telly addicts` and he spends pages telling... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Leeds lass

5.0 out of 5 stars I can't review this one objectively...
,,,because I was born in the same town just 3 years later. Thus I devoured it and passed it on to my brother who found it even more evocative. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Martin Tobutt

4.0 out of 5 stars A Normal Book for Normal People
I grew up in the Seventies not a million miles from Northampton and this book rang a lot of bells for me in many ways. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Mrs. K. A. Wheatley

3.0 out of 5 stars OK...But An Overdose of Nostalgic Self-Indulgence
Not a book I would have purchased myself, but I received it as an unexpected Christmas present. Yes, I grew up in the 60s and 70s, though three years Andrew's elder. Read more
Published on 23 Aug 2007 by ESP

3.0 out of 5 stars A bit of a curate's egg!
The subject matter here is comic gold dust for anyone of Collins' generation. However the book is a mix of the nostalgic and the tedious. Read more
Published on 7 Aug 2007 by A. I. Mackenzie

2.0 out of 5 stars A bit smug for me
I couldn't finish this. I bought it last year as a light holiday read as I'm ages with the author and because I'm opposed to buying car crash memoirs in the vein of the "my father... Read more
Published on 26 Jul 2007 by miss waspy

5.0 out of 5 stars Thumbs up
I'm not a native of Northampton, but this did not take away my enjoyment of Andrew Collins' illuminative writing. I enjoyed this book because for its honesty and it's humour. Read more
Published on 11 Dec 2006 by Colski

4.0 out of 5 stars A trip down memory lane?
This book was lent to me by my brother-in-law and I have just finished reading it this week. I hail from Northampton and now live in West Wales, so it brought a touch of nostalgia... Read more
Published on 9 Nov 2006 by Dr. Wendy Shaw

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