Veronica's Bird
Thirty-five years inside as a female prison officer
Veronica Bird was one of nine children living in a tiny house in Barnsley with a brutal coal miner for a father. Life was a despairing time in the 1950s, as Veronica sought desperately to keep away from his cruelty. Astonishingly, to her and her mother, she won a scholarship to Ackworth Boarding School where she began to shine above her class-mates. A champion in all sports, Veronica at last found some happiness until her brother-in-law came into her life. It was as if she had stepped from the frying pan into the re: he took over control of her life removing her from the school she adored, two terms before she was due to take her GCEs, so he…
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Weitere Autoren: Newman, Richard
- ISBN: 978-1-912262-62-5
- EAN: 9781912262625
- Produktnummer: 25061738
- Verlag: Clink Street Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 290 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'282 KB
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After thirty-five years working for the Prison Service, Veronica Bird is now retired and living in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. She is still an active proponent of the justice system and continues to lecture across the country and is a supporter of Butler Trust, which acknowledges excellence within the prison system.
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