Out of the woods but not over the hill
By: Gervase Phinn
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Windsor/Paragon
Published: 2011
Place of publication: [Bath]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9781445858241; 9781445858258
Subjects: Old age; Anecdotes; Large type books; School administrators; School management and organization; English Authors
Description: " ... Looking back over more than sixty years of family life, teaching, inspecting schools, writing and public speaking, Gervase never fails to unearth humour, character, warmth and wisdom from the most diverse of experiences, whether they be growing up in Rotherham with the most un-Yorkshire-like of names or describing why loud mobile phone users get his goat. ..."--Back cover.
Notes: Standard print ed. originally published: London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2010.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: 'When I was a lad': growing up; title: 'Don't you have a proper job?': working life; title: 'The happiest days of youyr life': schooldays; title: 'The wonder years': the magic of childhood; title: 'I shall not tell you again!': family life; title: 'God's own country': Yorkshire; title: 'Tyhe slippery slope: troublesome language; title: 'Are you anybody?': becoming famous; title: 'It's a funny old world: health, life and death.