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A Pocket with a Hole: A Birmingham Childhood of the 1940s and 1950s
Brenda Bullock
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Paperback. Reflecting Birmingham in the 1940s and 1950s, this work tells of the games played then in the streets: hopscotch, queenie, marbles, skipping, roller skating. It takes us back to school life during and after the war, to what it was like to be sick before the advent of the NHS and antibiotics; and more. Num Pages: 144 pages, 20 photos and drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKEM; 3JJPG; BGA; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 210 x 8. Weight in Grams: 280. A Birmingham Childhood of the 1940s and 1950s. 144 pages, 20 photos and drawings. Reflecting Birmingham in the 1940s and 1950s, this work tells of the games played then in the streets: hopscotch, queenie, marbles, skipping, roller skating. It takes us back to school life during and after the war, to what it was like to be sick before the advent of the NHS and antibiotics; and more. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKEM; 3JJPG; BGA; WQH. Dimension: 149 x 210 x 8. Weight: 274.
Brenda Bullock, brought up on a council housing estate in Sheldon, holds up a mirror to Birmingham in the 1940s and 1950s: she tells of the games played then in the streets: hopscotch, queenie, marbles, skipping, roller skating. She takes us back to school life during and after the war, to what it was like to be sick before the advent of the NHS and antibiotics; the struggle to make ends meet and find enough food to put on the table; the pawn shop, hiding from the rentman - all the experiences shared by so many children of the '40s ... Read more
Brenda Bullock, brought up on a council housing estate in Sheldon, holds up a mirror to Birmingham in the 1940s and 1950s: she tells of the games played then in the streets: hopscotch, queenie, marbles, skipping, roller skating. She takes us back to school life during and after the war, to what it was like to be sick before the advent of the NHS and antibiotics; the struggle to make ends meet and find enough food to put on the table; the pawn shop, hiding from the rentman - all the experiences shared by so many children of the '40s ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Brewin Books
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Warwickshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781858582931
SKU
V9781858582931
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99-5
About Brenda Bullock
After more than 30 years teaching in Further Education in Birmingham, Brenda Bullock decided to concentrate on private tuition to leave her more time for writing. After 10 years of teaching private students she retired from teaching altogether. For some time she had written freelance articles for newspapers and magazines and has recently written a weekly column in "The Birmingham ... Read more
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