When I Were A Lad... by Andrew Davies

When I Were A Lad... by Andrew Davies

Ah, the past. A time when children could play in the snow without a helmet, crampons and a risk assessment report. When footballs were made from rhino hide and cricket was played with one pad, if you were lucky. When I Were a Lad... looks at the glorious-yet-risky childhoods of yesteryear before the Health and Safety officers told us we couldn’t do everything because it was too dangerous. It reflects on a time when children were allowed in with the animals at London Zoo; a time before the car seatbelt was invented (let alone used); a time when you were allowed to dress up endangered species in goalkeeping kit and take penalties against them. The authors have trawled through the major historic archives to find some glorious photo opportunities where the safety angle of the participants was the last thing anyone thought of. Children perch happily on lethal, limb-mangling machinery, stand all-smiles on live crocodiles, feed brown bears with their hands and get scooped from the street by passing tram conductors! These truly were the days that Health and Safety forgot, back when I were a lad...

Andrew Davies has written a variety of comedy books including: The Grumpy Driver's Handbook, The Thoughts of Chairman Miaow! 101 Places Not To Visit, When I Were A Lad, When I Were A Nipper, Those Were The Days: Golf and Grumpy Moments. He's also written about beekeeping.

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ISBN 13	9781906032845
ISBN 10	190603284X
Titel	When I Were A Lad...
Autor	Andrew Davies
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	HarperCollins Publishers
Erscheinungsjahr	2009-11-02
Seitenanzahl	144
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.
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