A Derby Boy - Couverture souple

Rippon, Anton

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0750947705 ISBN 13 : 9780750947701

Editeur : Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

Anton Rippon is a Derby boy through and through. He was born just before Christmas 1944, his entrance into the world hastened after his mother fell over a milk churn in the blackout. At the time of his birth, just down the road a Derby Corporation bus driver was recapturing an escaped German prisoner of war. Despite his dramatic entrance into Derby life, Anton survived to become one of the city's best-known writers and personalities with a string of books to his name and a popular weekly column in the Derby Evening Telegraph. A Derby Boy is a collection of Anton's reminiscences of childhood, teenage years and his introduction to the bustling world of work. Nostalgia abounds with stories of mad butchers to dodgy coalmen, eccentric schoolteachers and odd publicans, illegal gambling and irate undertakers. These memories are recalled with humour and are sure to strike a chord with a great many Derbeians, and combine with his family's often tragic story to open up a new prospective on life in Derby over four generations.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Anton Rippon is a former reporter with the Derby Evening Telegraph and he still writes a popular weekly column in the paper. He has also worked for BBC Radio Derby and has written a number of sport and local history books.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Sutton Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0750947705
• ISBN 13: 9780750947701
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible