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xv, 237 pages, 4 leaves of plates : 23 cm, Evocative, detailed and unsentimental, gets us wonderfully close up to London of the 1930s viewed through the unblinking eyes of a working class boy relishing every new experience...back cover, Machine generated contents note: PART ONE -- 1. Morning, King's Cross -- 2. Four into Two -- 3. Prospect Terrace School -- 4.'As Jesus Been Yet? -- 5. Little Emmy -- 6. Losing My Marbles -- 7. Big Boys Don't Cry -- 8. Mean Streets -- 9. Harsh Lessons -- 10. Bit of a Lark -- 11. The Bear -- 12. Picking Up Tips -- 13. Tar Blocks and Cricket -- 14. Hop-picking in Kent -- 15. Mr James and His Canes -- 16. The Move to Bloomsbury -- 17. The Crusade of Rescue -- 18. Costermongers in Kenton Street -- 19. Growing Up in Bloomsbury -- 20. Choirboy and Scout -- PART TWO -- 21. Brooklands Boy -- 22. Peggy -- 23. Jobs and Sods -- 24. Bloomsbury Society -- 25. Running into Eddie Wilson -- 26 ... and Fred -- 27. Joe Brown's Masters of Rhythm -- 28. Saturday Night Dance Halls -- 29. Defending Sidmouth Street -- 30. Helping Out Abe -- 31.A Bit of Prestige -- 32. Horror Job -- PART THREE -- 33. Covent Garden and Maisie -- 34. Boxing Clubs and the Palais de Danse -- 35

Author

Gregg, Victor, 1919- author, Stroud, Rick, author

Publisher

London : Bloomsbury

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781408840504

Subjects

History, Humanities