The Road to Nab End
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The Road to Nab End
William Woodruff had the sort of childhood satirised in the famous Monty Python Yorkshireman sketch. The son of a weaver, he was born on a pallet of straw at the back of the mill and two days later his mother was back at work. Life was extrememly tough for the family in 1920s Blackburn - a treat was sheeps head or cow-heel soup - and got worse when his father lost his jo William Woodruff had the sort of childhood satirised in the famous Monty Python Yorkshireman sketch. The son of a weaver, he was born on a pallet of straw at the back of the mill and two days later his mother was back at work. Life was extrememly tough for the family in 1920s Blackburn - a treat was sheeps head or cow-heel soup - and got worse when his father lost his job when the cotton industry started its terminal decline. Woodruff had to find his childhood fun in the little free time he had available between his delivery job and school, but he never writes self-pityingly, leaving the reader to shed the tears on his behalf.
Details
Title | The Road to Nab End |
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Author | William Woodruff |
ISBN-13 | 9780349115214 |
ISBN-10 | 0349115214 |
Publisher | Little, Brown & Company |
Language | English |
Edition | NA |
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Height | 198 mm |
Width | 129 mm |
Thickness | 28 mm |
Binding | Paperback |
Pages | 384 |