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Beatles & Chiefs
Janet Macleod Trotter
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Description for Beatles & Chiefs
Paperback. Childhood memoir of a Beatle-mad, ex-pat Scot growing up in the North-East of England in the 1960s and journeying to Skye. The only girl in a boys' boarding school, Janet's amusing and touching tales vividly re-create the lost world of '60s Durham and the Scottish Highlands before mass tourism. Num Pages: 138 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BM; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 10. Weight in Grams: 234.
Featured on BBC Radio 4, this is the delightful memoir of a Beatle-mad, ex-pat Scot growing up in the north-east of England in the 1960s. The only girl in a family of boys, Janet was brought up in the 'Land of Boy' - a boarding school in Durham where her father Norman was housemaster. Every year, these seven MacLeods would cram into a Ford Zephyr for the two day journey back to the ancestral home on the Isle of Skye. Beatlemania, the Girls from U.N.C.L.E, suffragette great-aunts, real chiefs, Donovan-spotting, a pastry scandal and a dash of blood-thirsty clan history ... Read more
Featured on BBC Radio 4, this is the delightful memoir of a Beatle-mad, ex-pat Scot growing up in the north-east of England in the 1960s. The only girl in a family of boys, Janet was brought up in the 'Land of Boy' - a boarding school in Durham where her father Norman was housemaster. Every year, these seven MacLeods would cram into a Ford Zephyr for the two day journey back to the ancestral home on the Isle of Skye. Beatlemania, the Girls from U.N.C.L.E, suffragette great-aunts, real chiefs, Donovan-spotting, a pastry scandal and a dash of blood-thirsty clan history ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
MacLeod Trotter Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
138
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
138
Place of Publication
Morpeth, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780956642653
SKU
V9780956642653
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99-1
About Janet Macleod Trotter
Janet MacLeod Trotter was brought up in the North East of England with her four brothers, by Scottish parents. She is a best-selling author of 15 novels, including the hugely popular Jarrow Trilogy, and a childhood memoir, BEATLES & CHIEFS, which was featured on BBC Radio Four. Her novel, THE HUNGRY HILLS, gained her a place on the ... Read more
Reviews for Beatles & Chiefs
'Great book, very funny, had me laughing out loud!' L Pindar, Librarian, New Zealand 'I have so enjoyed Beatles and Chiefs. It is a very long time since I have read anything that provoked such gales of laughter' T.Davidson Kelly, Kilmarnock 'You brought back many memories of the past - I don't think I have laughed out loud reading ... Read more