Blogs in January 1970

A303 Highway to the Sun 1st January 1970

The A303 is more than a road. It is a story. One of the essential routes of English motoring and the road of choice to the West Country for thousands of holidaymakers, the A303 recalls a time when the...

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London and the South-East 1st January 1970

The central character Paul is a man on the edge: alcoholic and seller of worthless ads in uncirculated magazines. He commutes from his suburban life in Hove on the south coast into London, to his pedestrian world of work,...

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Yours is Mine 1st January 1970

Kate, is mourning her Father’s death. She agrees to an identity exchange, seemingly as part of a PhD study, and another girl moves to Kielder in Northumberland. Beware Anna, is all that can be said!

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Saturday 1st January 1970

Henry Perowne is up very early one Saturday morning. He looks out of his window and sees a plane crashing. His day gets no better when he is assaulted, and with huge consequences that play out on his values...

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Our Spoons came from Woolworths 1st January 1970

This book is set in London in the Thirties, Sophia is a young woman married to an artist, Charles. Poverty and motherhood all feature and the book is humorous, touching and beautifully written – in an almost childlike way...

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