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Beyond Nab End
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The Sequel to "The Road to Nab End"
By
William Woodruff
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Free shipping Australia wide Ships from UK supplier | Rating: | | | Format: | Paperback, 320 pages | | Published In: | United Kingdom, 02 January 2003 |
The second volume of Woodruff's memoirs starts with him having arrived in Poplar in the early 1930s. On spec, he turns up at a steel foundry and luckily gets a job. His digs are with an old couple in Bow where he has to share a single bed (head to toe) with their mentally retarded son. Life in the foundry is grim but William is indomitable. For recreation one day he cycles (then in the days before inflatable tyres) to Berkhamstead to try and track down an old girlfriend. She's not there and he has to return in a snowstorm - it takes him eight hours to get back to Poplar and then he has to get up three hours later to work at the foundry. Eventually he decides to "get some leernin" and his first white-collar job starts for the Water Board. Continuing to pursue his studies, he finally wins a place at Ruskin College, Oxford. How the ex-steel worker became an Oxford academic - and William's description of returning from the war to meet the son he's never seen - concludes this second volume. |
About the AuthorFrom his birth in 1916 until he ran away to London, William Woodruff lived in the heart of Blackburn's weaving community. He eventually went to Oxford University, is now 85 and lives in Florida. Prizes* Eye-catching announcement adverts in the national press * Extensive review and feature coverage * Serialization and BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week commences 20th January 2003 * Will be in all major trade promotions ReviewsROAD TO NAB END: 'A masterpiece' INDEPENDENT *A wonderful evocation of a vanished age' MAIL ON S. *'Once started, it is impossible to put this book down ... born writer with an eye for character & a natural way of writing' TLS *'Extraordinarily well written & vividly told, his book is rich in characters, facts, atmosphere & indomitable spirit. It is absolutely fascinating as a social as well as a family history' Eric Hobsbawm, GUARDIAN
| Publisher: | Abacus | | ISBN: | 0349116229 |
| EAN: | 9780349116228 | | Dimensions: | 19.0 x 12.0 x 2.0 centimeters (0.24 kg) |
| Age Range: |
15+ years |
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