Memories of growing up in an English Village 1945-59.
Ken revisits his childhood at Ockbrook including a no holds barred account of his time spent at Long Eaton Grammar School.
INTRODUCTION
A Childhood Revisited. Memories of Growing up in an English Village 1945-59. An honest, frank account of a journey through adolescence in the years after the war; some say Fate was unkind from the off plus disease and hunger were often no strangers. It was a time of austerity and deprivation, life was never easy. Yet most survived, were seldom unhappy and reached adulthood comparatively unscathed; a fascinating, evocative insight of a country lifestyle gone forever; poignant, candid, written from the heart. Extracts from the book on the following page.
Memories of growing up in an English Village 1945-59.
Ken revisits his childhood at Ockbrook including a no holds barred account of his time spent at Long Eaton Grammar School.
INTRODUCTION
A Childhood Revisited. Memories of Growing up in an English Village 1945-59.
An honest, frank account of a journey through adolescence in the years after the war; some say Fate was unkind from the off plus disease and hunger were often no strangers. It was a time of austerity and deprivation, life was never easy. Yet most survived, were seldom unhappy and reached adulthood comparatively unscathed; a fascinating, evocative insight of a country lifestyle gone forever; poignant, candid, written from the heart.
Extracts from the book on the following page.