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Title: A Pocket with a Hole
Condition: New
Subtitle: A Birmingham Childhood of the 1940s and 1950s
Author: Brenda Bullock
Format: Paperback
Type: Paperback
ISBN-10: 1858582938
EAN: 9781858582931
ISBN: 9781858582931
Publisher: Brewin Books
Genre: Biography
Topic: Home Garden & Pets
Release Date: 01/01/2006
Description: 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 and '50s, all illustrated by line drawings of the old Birmingham landmarks by architect, Matthew Bullock.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 210mm
Item Length: 148mm
Release Year: 2006

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