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The Scallywags: Memories of a Rascal´s 1950´s Childhood
Peter Stockley
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Description for The Scallywags: Memories of a Rascal´s 1950´s Childhood
Paperback. This nostalgic, deeply moving - and often extremely funny - memoir of youth and young manhood in the Liverpool of the fifties and sixties remembers the exuberant joy every child feels at being 'one of the gang', and explores how the future can play out in very unexpected ways. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJP; BM; WQN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 228.
Do you ever think about how the roads you walked as a child change the doors that open in your future? In 1951, seven-year-old Peter Stockley's life was set down a dark path after losing his mother. Her legacy to him was an optimism and spirit that a vile stepmother could not break, and after an explosive confrontation, Peter set off on a new journey, via an orphanage, to his aunt and uncle's home in a tenement block by the North Liverpool docks: The Billogs. It was here he became one of 'The Scallywags', a group of streetwise ... Read more
Do you ever think about how the roads you walked as a child change the doors that open in your future? In 1951, seven-year-old Peter Stockley's life was set down a dark path after losing his mother. Her legacy to him was an optimism and spirit that a vile stepmother could not break, and after an explosive confrontation, Peter set off on a new journey, via an orphanage, to his aunt and uncle's home in a tenement block by the North Liverpool docks: The Billogs. It was here he became one of 'The Scallywags', a group of streetwise ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781786060167
SKU
V9781786060167
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