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Penny Lane and All That

by Ann Carlton - £9.99  Y Lolfa Cyf (2017)
paperback    ISBN 13: 9781784613693 | ISBN 10: 178461369x

Penny Lane and All That is a celebration of growing up in Liverpool's Penny Lane neighbourhood in the 1940s and 1950s – a place and time very familiar to the Quarrymen/Beatles who celebrated it in their well-known song.
 
From first-hand experience the writer describes the Penny Lane area itself, the squalor of the city's slums, the treatment of needy children and unmarried mothers, the glamour of civic events and the cultural diversity of the city – including the writer's own Welsh background. Childhood stays in early NHS hospitals where parents were only allowed to visit two days a week, schools with high academic expectations, and church activities that were fun, are also described.
 
Ann suggests the nature of Liverpool citizens' life experiences through the generations has promoted its huge range of talented stars, fostered the Scouse sense of humour, and promoted the fierce opposition to injustice that so many brought up in the city possess.

(Price & availability last checked: July 2017)

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