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|  | | Brainless Bugger
A memoir written as a collection of short stories that link together to tell the story of a boy called 'Lad' growing up in the 1950's/60's
Born into a typical working class family that already had two girls, one two years older than him and the other one year older., growing up with a cruel father who whenever he lost his temper called him 'Brainless Bugger'br />
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Being brought up with two girls must have left its mark on him, for it seems to me at the time that he was always the one to get picked on whenever anything bad happened. br />
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His dad had a piece of pit belting, not a belt to hold up his trousers, a piece of conveyor belt about two inches wide and two feet long that he used to smack their backside | |  | | Club Seventy Seven
The Story of a Teenage Motorcycle Gang in the 1960's
Eddie the 'Leader of the Pack' trying to keep control and relive the gangs former glory.br />
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Find out how the girls earned their 'Sevens'br />
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and who murdered teenager Sandra Wilkinson.
Town End Cafe, aka Club 77 was not a club as such, in fact it wasn’t a club at all; but a back street cafe in a Yorkshire mining town.
div>The 77 came from the address of the cafe ‘No77’, the club was actually a gang of young teenagers who rode motorcycles and dressed the same, leather jackets, ice blue denim jeans, motorcycle boots with white fisherman&r | |  | | Once Upon a Time In The Army
Been There...Done That...
If you're in the military or ex-military, then this is the book for you.Focussing on the characters rather than battles, this book will have you laughing and wondering. 'What on earth these guy's were doing in the army'br />
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From art student to soldier, to ????br />
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John Thomas Sargeant was not an officer or even an NCO for that matter, he never rose above the rank of Private, nor did he ever want to, his military life starts with basic training at York in 1966, then onto the York & Lancaster Regiment in Cyprus 1967/68, then with the Duke of Wellington's Regiment in | |  | | This Devilish Place...The 1810 Worsdale Mine Disaster
Trapped underground after an explosion, can Ben, Harry, William, Tom and Sally find a way out of this 'Devilish Place' or will this 'Devilish Place' become their last resting place.
Worsdale Mine in Yorkshire owned by Lord Greenbarugh employed 350 men, women, boys and girls some as young as 7 years of age.br />
The mine only some 240 yards deep, being entirely lit by candles was not considered dangerous because it was well ventilated naturally by air being drawn into the mine through number ‘2’ shaft which had no headgear and was situated on the hill 500yards from the main number ‘1’ shaft.br />
The miners were lowered underground by means of a cage suspended by ropes over the headgear and powered by a horse gin.br />
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At the time o |
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K9 Mine
by Shannon MacLeod
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 Corporal Travis dreamed of partnering with a police dog, but Fate handed him a faery and something unexpected instead.. As his normal world spirals into chaos, he is thrust into a centuries-old conflict with stakes higher than he ever imagined. |
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