Bright morning: Images of a Lancashire boyhood - Hardcover

Haworth, Don

 
9780413644404: Bright morning: Images of a Lancashire boyhood

Synopsis

A sequel to "Figures in a Bygone Landscape", which traced the author's childhood in the 1920s, this volume recaptures the world of the 1930s in Lancashire. Don Haworth recalls the Depression, school life, holidays in Blackpool, religion and politics in the pre-World War II years.

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About the Author

Don Haworth was educated at Burnley Grammar School, served in the Royal Air Force and worked as Journalist for newspapers, news agencies and radio in several parts of the world. He joined the BBC as a television news reporter, worked on Tonight and Panorama and then became a documentary producer in Manchester. His best known film, Fred Dibnah, Steeplejack won in 1980 the British Academy Award for documentary and the John Grierson Award for the year's best film. His work as a playwright has been primarily for radio. The plays have been broadcast in many countries and have won five national and international awards in the past fifteen years. Bright Morning is a sequel to his first volume of childhood memories, Figures in a Bygone Landscape, which won the Portico Prize in 1986.

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ISBN 10:  074930989X ISBN 13:  9780749309893
Publisher: Mandarin, 1991
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