Overview
As a boy in 1934 Paul Vaughan unwittingly became part of a social trend - a great mass migration to the outskirts of London - as his family moved from Brixton to booming New Malden where their new semi was a mere stroll away from countryside. This was Suburbia and its outlook was not entirely promising. But Vaughan was so fortunate as to find an inspirational headmaster - John Garrett - at his local grammar school which boasted a school song composed by Garretts friend W.H. Auden. In due course he would find his way to Oxford; but as this evocative account testifies New Malden would never quite leave him.
Wonderfully readable wonderfully wry. Edward Blishen TES
Recalled with a Betjemanesque affection and eye for detail. Peter Parker Telegraph
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780571281619
- ISBN-10: 0571281613
- Publisher: Faber Finds
- Publish Date: August 2011
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.58 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.67 pounds
- Page Count: 258
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