London Born: A Memoir of a Forgotten City

by Sidney Day

Book Overview

An extraordinary memoir from a man in his nineties who remembers everyday life in a North London now long gone: the hardships and deprivations of a life of poverty but also the resourcefulness and fortitude of a community determined to survive between the wars.

'When I look back, I can picture the old gels chinwagging on their steps in the Bay like it was yesterday. Little did they think that young Sid, passing by with his arse out of his...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 000720390X
• ISBN13: 9780007203901
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.5"