I was a Teenage Treacle Tin

Growing Up In Fifties London: A Memoir

I was a Teenage Treacle Tin
Mike Kent
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Paperback
h216 x 138mm - 296pg
28 Aug 2020 UK
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9781838595159
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In I Was A Teenage Treacle Tin, Mike looks back to his childhood and growing up in 1950s London. It was a time of innocence and trust, when parents didn' t worry where their children were or what they were doing as long as they turned up for their tea. Here are the events, situations and characters he encountered during a crowded childhood. His growing fascination with cinema after he' d received a toy projector for Christmas, his traumatic stay in hospital having his tonsils removed, the dentist who cared little about children and terrified him, the teachers who bored him rigid at secondary school, and his thoroughly enjoyable misadventures camping with the Boy Scouts. He also describes his halcyon holidays with his parents in Kent, injuring himself with his home-made fireworks, starting his great love of music with a temperamental wind-up gramophone and the bitter sweetness of first love. With nostalgia and great affection, Mike looks back at a child' s world that can only be imagined today.
Now retired, Mike Kent has spent his entire career in primary education, and was one of the country' s most respected and longest standing headteachers. For many years, he was the weekly ' back page columnist' on The Times Educational Supplement newspaper, and he was twice shortlisted as ' Columnist Of The Year. ' He has written for numerous magazines and education journals, lectured at educational functions, and his primary school was selected to train future headteachers.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781838595159
Published: 28 Aug 2020
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Matador
Publisher: Troubador Publishing
Format: Paperback
Height: 216mm
Width: 138mm
Pages: 296

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