The boy from Treacle Bumstead
by Sears, Ken 1934-; McDonald, John F.
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BookPublisher: Simon & Schuster 2013ISBN: 9781471113574; 1471113574; 9781471113581; 1471113582.Classification number: 920 SEASubject(s): Sears 1934- | Soldiers -- England -- Hemel Hempstead -- Biography | National service -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Hemel Hempstead (England) -- BiographySubject: Ken Sears takes the reader on a journey into the past, to a rural England long gone, when horses worked the fields and small boys spent most of their time outdoors. He was born in 1934 to a poor farming family in Hertfordshire. His boyhood life coincides with wartime, evacuees and American GIs arriving in his home town of Hemel Hempstead. At the age of nine he is caught stealing eggs and accused of killing a chicken and is sent to reform school for five years. From there he is called up to do his National Service in 1952.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book - Adult Paperback | Southport Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 920 SEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002837207X |
Ken Sears takes the reader on a journey into the past, to a rural England long gone, when horses worked the fields and small boys spent most of their time outdoors. He was born in 1934 to a poor farming family in Hertfordshire. His boyhood life coincides with wartime, evacuees and American GIs arriving in his home town of Hemel Hempstead. At the age of nine he is caught stealing eggs and accused of killing a chicken and is sent to reform school for five years. From there he is called up to do his National Service in 1952.
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