Billy Brown, I'll Tell Your Mother by Bill Brown

Billy Brown, I'll Tell Your Mother by Bill Brown

By the time he was ten years old Billy Brown was running a successful little business on the black market: whatever you needed, from bricks and fire wood to condoms, dress material or machetes Billy Brown could get it - or knew a man who could. And, for the right price, he would deliver it direct to your door in an old carriage pram. This is the highly entertaining and eye-opening memoir of a young boy growing up in 1950s post-war London. With energy and insight, Billy Brown paints a vivid and lively picture of Britain emerging from the ruins of the war, the hunger for opportunity, the growing pace of modernisation, and the pride and optimism that held communities together. Londoners were intent on getting themselves back on their feet and it provided the perfect opportunity for a boy with ambition and a lively imagination. Born in Brixton, south London, in 1942 Billy Brown was a loveable scamp with a nose for mischief. Left to his own devices whilst both his parents went out to work, if there was trouble to be had, Billy would be in the thick of it. Ignoring the shaking of fists from his neighbours, his mother's scoldings and the regular thwack of the cane on his bottom at school, Billy wheeled and dealed, charmed Woolies Girls, planned coronation celebrations, ran circles around circus performers and persuaded villains to work on his terms.

Bill Brown was born in Brixton, South London, in 1942 and started his own 'business' aged seven selling horse muck, fire wood and wood ash. By the time he was ten he was working in Brixton markets in his spare time and quickly learned how to source anything anyone asked him for. Some weeks Bill brought in more money than his beloved Dad. Bill was a Jack-of-all-trades until 1961 when his uncle encouraged him to join the Fire Service. Billy retired in 1984 having responded to a total of 21,000 incidents and saved many lives. Today he lives in East Sussex with his partner of 21 years, Jane. He has two children and one grandchild.

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ISBN 13	9781409122760
ISBN 10	140912276X
Title	Billy Brown, I'll Tell Your Mother
Author	Bill Brown
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Orion Publishing Co
Year published	2011-02-10
Number of pages	336
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.