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The Road Back Home

by Sid Waddell
Gordon Griffin
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'I had not lived in the former pit village of Lynemouth since 1961 but the winding road north from Newcastle will always be the same nostalgic highway, each twist charged with vivid memories and powerful emotions...'
So begins a story full of wonderful humour, emotional candour and hardy tales of tough times - a quietly epic family saga set amid the pit villages of the North East . It stretches from the 1920s, before Sid's parents had even met, to the final closing of the mine and his mother's death in 1999.
Sid paints a picture of a colourful, tight knit community full of good times and hard work, god-fearing women and hard-drinking men. Always dominating the skyline is Auld Betty, the pit head that took the men away each day and, with a prayer, brought them back each evening. Amongst the unforgettable cast of his extended family and friends, we follow the Waddells' attempts to stay afloat and provide a better future and possible escape for youngsters like Sid.

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Publisher: Ebury Publishing Edition: Unabridged

OverDrive Listen audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781448148882
  • File size: 345504 KB
  • Release date: February 7, 2013
  • Duration: 11:59:47

MP3 audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781448148882
  • File size: 345542 KB
  • Release date: February 7, 2013
  • Duration: 12:04:48
  • Number of parts: 11

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Biography & Autobiography Performing Arts Sports & Recreations Nonfiction

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English

'I had not lived in the former pit village of Lynemouth since 1961 but the winding road north from Newcastle will always be the same nostalgic highway, each twist charged with vivid memories and powerful emotions...'
So begins a story full of wonderful humour, emotional candour and hardy tales of tough times - a quietly epic family saga set amid the pit villages of the North East . It stretches from the 1920s, before Sid's parents had even met, to the final closing of the mine and his mother's death in 1999.
Sid paints a picture of a colourful, tight knit community full of good times and hard work, god-fearing women and hard-drinking men. Always dominating the skyline is Auld Betty, the pit head that took the men away each day and, with a prayer, brought them back each evening. Amongst the unforgettable cast of his extended family and friends, we follow the Waddells' attempts to stay afloat and provide a better future and possible escape for youngsters like Sid.

Expand title description text
Biography & Autobiography Performing Arts Sports & Recreations Nonfiction
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Ebury Publishing
    Edition:
    Unabridged

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    ISBN: 9781448148882
    File size: 345504 KB
    Release date: February 7, 2013
    Duration: 11:59:47

    MP3 audiobook
    ISBN: 9781448148882
    File size: 345542 KB
    Release date: February 7, 2013
    Duration: 12:04:48
    Number of parts: 11

  • Creators
  • Formats
    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    MP3 audiobook
  • Languages
    English