The Life and Times of Arfer Teacake

Arfer (1932)

von Arthur Durham

240 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

"Arfer Teacake" was the cockney nickname given to the author when he was a boy. The book is an account of the most memorable episodes in the author's long life, from the aftermath of the 1914/18 war through the Great Depression of the thirties, the 1939/45 war and its aftermath to the financial crisis in the second millennium. It tells of his early memories of life in a sweetshop; as a schoolboy with a rifle; teenage thoughts and experiences; Fascism; the Territorial Army and the outbreak of war.During the war:- Dunkirk; the bombing of London and its effect on family life; being on a gun site; getting a Commission (Mess etiquette and the Brigadier's tea party) preparations for "D Day".After the war:- married life, tragic death of son, Chairman of a District Council, a reception at Buckingham Palace and surprisingly varied career with travel to the out posts of the British Empire, Switzerland, Australia, Ceylon and Turkey.Retirement years:- too much alcohol, working in a in a factory environment; visiting South Africa after Apartheid; the trial and tribulations of old age.

• Reihe: AuthorHouse UK
• ISBN: 9781456774226
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2011
• Größe: 235 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Xlibris