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The Road To Nab End - William Woodruff |
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Road To Nab End
From his birth in 1916 (in the carding-room of a cotton mill) until he ran away to London, William Woodruff lived in extreme poverty in the heart of Blackburn’s weaving community. The Road to Nab End is the wonderful telling of these childhood years: of his 2randmother who lectured on the importance of ‘laming’, his father, who had ‘t’ stuffing knocked out of him’ by the war, and a host of remarkable characters from a truly sadistic nun to the rector who had an unfortunate meeting with a lion at Skegness Fair. It is an autobiography brimming with anecdote, and, above all, a story of human triumph against the odds. |
‘Extraordinanly well written and vividly told, his book is rich in characters, facts, atmosphere and indomitable spirit ft is absolutely fascinating as a social as well as a family history’ Eric Hobsbawm, GUARDIAN
‘Once started, it is impossible to put this book down. . the author is a born writer with an eye for character and a natural way of writing. he has the historian’s gift for bringing to life a particular society at a particular time’ Alan Bullock, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
A combination of an almost photographic memory, a wonderful writing gift and a keen eye for personal dramas, which even Ibsen would have admired’ |
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Format: PaperBack
Title: Road To Nab End
ISBN/ Catalogue No: 0349115214
Author: William Woodruff
Publisher: none
Date Published: none |
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