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Major, George

 
9781847481702: The Hidden Whistle and Flute: Stitch One
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ISBN 10 : 1847481701 ISBN 13 : 9781847481702
Editeur : Athena Press, 2008

Synopsis

Q: What has thousands of buttons, weighs half a hundredweight, makes you sweat bucketfuls and helps raise thousands of pounds for charity? A: The author's whistle and flute (suit) which he wears proudly as the Pearly King of Peckham. George Major's story is a tough one. Abandoned in the 1940s by his mother, he spent years trying to find her, drawn to the pearly king tradition from the age of eight which he knew was in her family. An abusive father and a truly terrifying maiden Auntie Hilda saw young George packed off to an approved school in Surrey. Long before David Jason immortalised the character of Del Boy, George became a well-known character in the Peckham area and his life as a costermonger on the streets of South London was hilariously interrupted by a spell in the army - including eight weeks in the glasshouse in Colchester. George's deafness, coupled with his Norman Wisdom 'cheeky chappie' patter, endeared more than it annoyed, and in his twenties he was crowned Pearly King of Peckham. In this time-honoured capacity, he has fundraised tirelessly for charities far and wide and met many members of the royal family and dined with the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. Packed with Dickensian anecdotes and pearly lore, this memoir is not only the inspiring story of one man's fight against hardships to serve his country but also a portrait of a disappearing London and a tradition that still glitters brightly on our city streets.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Q: What has thousands of buttons, weighs half a hundredweight, makes you sweat bucketfuls and helps raise thousands of pounds for charity? A: The author's whistle and flute (suit) which he wears proudly as the Pearly King of Peckham. George Major's story is a tough one. Abandoned in the 1940s by his mother, he spent years trying to find her, drawn to the pearly king tradition from the age of eight which he knew was in her family. An abusive father and a truly terrifying maiden Auntie Hilda saw young George packed off to an approved school in Surrey. Long before David Jason immortalised the character of Del Boy, George became a well-known character in the Peckham area and his life as a costermonger on the streets of South London was hilariously interrupted by a spell in the army - including eight weeks in the glasshouse in Colchester. George's deafness, coupled with his Norman Wisdom 'cheeky chappie' patter, endeared more than it annoyed, and in his twenties he was crowned Pearly King of Peckham. In this time-honoured capacity, he has fundraised tirelessly for charities far and wide and met many members of the royal family and dined with the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. Packed with Dickensian anecdotes and pearly lore, this memoir is not only the inspiring story of one man's fight against hardships to serve his country but also a portrait of a disappearing London and a tradition that still glitters brightly on our city streets.

Biographie de l'auteur

Born in London, Charles Hall lives in rural Essex with his wife Jacqueline. It was Jacqueline whose deep involvement set him on the write track when it came to writing Megaton Mornings ; a novel about his experiences with twenty-five nuclear tests whilst serving in the RAF. Now semi-retired from business life, and apart from playing boogie-woogie piano one of his numbers featured in the soundtrack of BBC TV s Love Soup - Charles has found more time to write the kind of story he likes to read; fast moving action thrillers

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Éditeur
Athena Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1847481701
ISBN 13 
9781847481702
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
292
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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