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A Likely Tale, Lad : Laughs & Larks Growing Up in the 1970S by Pannett, Mike is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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For a young lad like Mike Pannett, growing up in the North Yorkshire countryside in the late 1960s and early 70s was a dream come true. The sun always seemed to be shining, the summer holidays lasted forever, and when you were sent to buy a fish supper for the family there was change to be had from that crumpled pound note. They really were the good old days. Given a fishing rod, a bottle of pop and a jam sandwich, a lad could wander as far as his bike would take him, and the countryside was one big adventure playground peopled by larger-than-life characters and endless opportunities for laughs and larks. Like many a boy, however, Mike learns things the hard way. He goes on a bike ride and lands up in A&E. He tries to be helpful around the home and nearly burns the place down. And when he goes on a fishing trip it almost ends with a shipwreck. Hes a likely lad, is Mike, and these are his likely tales. Mike Pannett was born in York, and joined the Metropolitan Police in 1988. He became one of the youngest officers to be given his own patch, and served on the Divisional Crime Squad, Murder Squad and TSG (Riot Police). He transferred to North Yorkshire police in 1997 as he missed the

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Author

Pannett, Mike

Publisher

Country Publications Ltd : Made available through hoopla

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781855683389

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, Biography, Humanities