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An extraordinary memoir from a 94-year-old man who remembers everyday life in a North London now long gone: the hardships and deprivations of a life of poverty; but also the resourcefulness and determination of a community determined to survive between the wars. Sidney Day was born and raised in 'a street where there was so much villainry going on, so many drunks and gambling and Gawd knows what, that at night the police would only come down in twos. Everyone knew it as Tiger Bay.' In a breathtakingly original memoir, Sidney Day, who is now ninety-two, remembers everyday life in a London now long gone. Growing up in grinding poverty, his Dad away in the trenches, Sid had to take every opport...
An extraordinary memoir from a man in his nineties who remembers everyday life in a North London now long gone: the hardships and deprivations of a life of poverty but also the resourcefulness and fortitude of a community determined to survive between the wars.
Author of over a dozen bestsellers, Academy Award-winning screenwriter, and creator of some of television's greatest hits, Sheldon has seen and done it all, and now in this candid memoir, he shares his story for the first time.
The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs.
The royal lineage of our noble and gentle families. Together with their paternal ancestry
Replete with biographical introduction, discussions of sources and compositional methodology, this two volume work is the first to include all Mary Sidney Herbert's extant works.