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Beatles & Chiefs Janet MacLeod Trotter

Beatles & Chiefs By Janet MacLeod Trotter

Beatles & Chiefs by Janet MacLeod Trotter


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Summary

Childhood memoir of a Beatle-mad, ex-pat Scot growing up in the North-East of England in the 1960s and journeying to Skye. The only girl in a boys' boarding school, Janet's amusing and touching tales vividly re-create the lost world of '60s Durham and the Scottish Highlands before mass tourism.

Beatles & Chiefs Summary

Beatles & Chiefs: A '60s Childhood by Janet MacLeod Trotter

Featured on BBC Radio 4, this is the delightful memoir of a Beatle-mad, ex-pat Scot growing up in the north-east of England in the 1960s. The only girl in a family of boys, Janet was brought up in the 'Land of Boy' - a boarding school in Durham where her father Norman was housemaster. Every year, these seven MacLeods would cram into a Ford Zephyr for the two day journey back to the ancestral home on the Isle of Skye. Beatlemania, the Girls from U.N.C.L.E, suffragette great-aunts, real chiefs, Donovan-spotting, a pastry scandal and a dash of blood-thirsty clan history - Janet's tales are amusing and touching, and vividly re-create the lost world of '60s Durham and the Scottish Highlands before mass tourism.

Beatles & Chiefs Reviews

'Great book, very funny, had me laughing out loud!' L Pindar, Librarian, New Zealand 'I have so enjoyed Beatles and Chiefs. It is a very long time since I have read anything that provoked such gales of laughter' T.Davidson Kelly, Kilmarnock 'You brought back many memories of the past - I don't think I have laughed out loud reading a book for a long time.' N.Nichol, Edinburgh 'Your book gave me immense pleasure - a lovely account of a happy childhood - you really do write beautifully.' C.Stewart, Isle of Skye. 'How much I enjoyed reading your book - I am glad I read it on my own as I am sure people would think me mad as I chuckled and laughed.' R.Fleming, Edinburgh 'Informative and amusing - a really super book.' W.Richmond, Isle of Skye.

About Janet MacLeod Trotter

Janet MacLeod Trotter was brought up in the North East of England with her four brothers, by Scottish parents. She is a best-selling author of 15 novels, including the hugely popular Jarrow Trilogy, and a childhood memoir, BEATLES & CHIEFS, which was featured on BBC Radio Four. Her novel, THE HUNGRY HILLS, gained her a place on the shortlist of The Sunday Times' Young Writers' Award, and the TEA PLANTER'S LASS was longlisted for the RNA Romantic Novel Award. A graduate of Edinburgh University, she has been editor of the Clan MacLeod Magazine, a columnist on the Newcastle Journal and has had numerous short stories published in women's magazines. She lives in the North of England with her husband, daughter and son. Find out more about Janet and her other popular novels at: www.janetmacleodtrotter.com

Table of Contents

1 Born With a Tartan Spoon in My Mouth 2 One of the Lads 3 Land of Boy 4 Casting Off 5 My Dad was Ringo Starr 6 'I Want Never Gets' 7 Road to the Isles 8 Pastry and the Devil 9 Picnics and Massacres 10 Orgies and Old Maid 11 Fairies, Ghosts and Donovan 12 Zizz-Zizz-Zizz and the Germans 13 Tigers and Yoga 14 From Pimlico to Carnaby Street

Additional information

GOR006743058
9780956642653
0956642659
Beatles & Chiefs: A '60s Childhood by Janet MacLeod Trotter
Used - Very Good
Paperback
MacLeod Trotter Books
2011-02-03
138
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