Bermondsey Boy
Memories of a Forgotten World
Thirties Bermondsey was a thriving place, and it was in this bustling London borough that Thomas Hicks was born. Later, this Bermondsey boy would become known as Tommy Steele ...In this engaging memoir Tommy recalls his childhood years growing up in Bermondsey. He relives with great fondness Saturdays as a young boy, spent gazing at the colourful posters for the Palladium and days spent wandering up Tower Bridge Road to Joyce's Pie Shop for pie and mash. But he also brings to life with extraordinary vividness what it was like to live through the devastation of the Blitz.Yet it was once he joined the merchant navy and began singing and perform…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-14-190301-9
- EAN: 9780141903019
- Produktnummer: 17830639
- Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'978 KB
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After short spell in the merchant navy, Tommy Steele rose to fame in 1956 as Britain's first home-grown rock'n'roll star. He went on to have a long career in stage and film musicals, staring in Half A Sixpence, Hans Anderson and Finian's Rainbow. He lives in Bermondsey.
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