Scouse, Choppers & Space Hoppers - A Liverpool Life of Happy Days and Hard Times by Crissy Rock

Scouse, Choppers & Space Hoppers - A Liverpool Life of Happy Days and Hard Times by Crissy Rock

A VIBRANT MEMOIR OF A CHILDHOOD IN THE HEART OF LIVERPOOL

The sixties: a new dawn for Britain - a kaleidoscopic crossroads where social upheaval, artistic revolution and excitement for the future rubbed up against urban poverty, inequality and post-war recovery.

For comedian Crissy Rock, born in 1958, the following two decades would be the backdrop for a childhood and youth full of adventure, turbulence and discovery, with the city of Liverpool her crucible.

In this evocative and nostalgic memoir, Crissy recalls, with extraordinary clarity, growing up in working-class Liverpool, in an era when traditional values of community, family and hard work still counted for everything, even as bold changes in culture, fashion and music swept through the city. In a series of snapshots, she paints a vivid picture of an iconic place in a revolutionary time: from a world of playing by the docks and in the tenements, to the rise of mods and rockers, Beatlemania and dancing in the Cavern Club, and the birth of all-consuming crazes like space hoppers and miniskirts.

Written with all Crissy's trademark wit and honesty, Scouse, Choppers & Space Hoppers is at once a nostalgic recollection of a rough-and tumble working-class sixties and seventies childhood, and a celebration of Liverpool itself - a fond glimpse into the heartbeat of the North West from one of its best-loved daughters.

Crissy Rock is a Liverpool-born comedienne and actress, best known for her major role in hit ITV comedy show Benidorm for five years. A gifted story-teller, her one-woman shows and live comedy have met with critical acclaim.

Described by the Liverpool Echo as 'a Liverpool legend', Crissy had an eventful, turbulent childhood. A bestselling author after her autobiography, This Heart Within Me Burns, she is an ideal author for this regional nostalgia title.