The adventures of the Crumpsall kid : a memoir /
by Harding, Mike.
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BookPublisher: London : Michael O'Mara Books, 2015Description: 256 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781782434528 (hbk.) :; 1782434526 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 791.092 HARSubject(s): Harding, Mike, 1944- | Harding, Mike, 1944- -- Childhood and youth | Entertainers -- England -- Manchester -- Anecdotes | Performing Arts | Performing ArtsSummary: Born in the shadow of a dark, satanic cream cracker factory, Mike Harding struggled against the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune and the catapults and half-bricks of the Black Hand Gang to find himself launched into stardom when he won the egg-and-spoon race at St Anne's Crumpsall Junior School. For a while he was the leader of the Crumpsall Father Christmas and Tooth Fairy Cult but he gave that all up when he discovered that Dan Dare and girls were more interesting. After growing up in an Irish Catholic household, he was sent to a grammar school run by priests, from which he eventually emerged unscathed. Warm, nostalgic, and very funny, Mike Harding's memoir of his early life in post-war Manchester is as idiosyncratic and engaging as the man himself.
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Formby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 791.092 HAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002917816X |
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Includes index.
Born in the shadow of a dark, satanic cream cracker factory, Mike Harding struggled against the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune and the catapults and half-bricks of the Black Hand Gang to find himself launched into stardom when he won the egg-and-spoon race at St Anne's Crumpsall Junior School. For a while he was the leader of the Crumpsall Father Christmas and Tooth Fairy Cult but he gave that all up when he discovered that Dan Dare and girls were more interesting. After growing up in an Irish Catholic household, he was sent to a grammar school run by priests, from which he eventually emerged unscathed. Warm, nostalgic, and very funny, Mike Harding's memoir of his early life in post-war Manchester is as idiosyncratic and engaging as the man himself.
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