{"product_id":"those-flat-share-girls-oh-how-they-laughed-9781839525933","title":"Those Flat Share Girls (Oh, How They Laughed)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eThose Flat Share Girls is a collection of light verse written in easy-to-read rhyming couplets, containing an old man's recollections of his young life in London in the 1960s. It begins in January 1960, when he bids his school goodbye with the thought that he would never use a logarithm or a sine, but the trappings of a cultured mind. He and a friend sense a fire about to burn in Grovelands Park on a warm summers evening, and life moves forward through the years with parties and musical delights. Unfortunately, he misses most of the excitement due to his journey on the Hippie Trail and a couple of years in Australia. He eventually finds himself in the comforting arms of a loving wife and back in a local park, observing the changed world of 2022. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 248 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 16 March 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Brown Dog Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThose Flat Share Girls is a collection of light verse, written in easy-to-read rhyming couplets, containing an old man's recollections of his young life in London in the 1960s. It begins in January 1960, when he bids his school goodbye with the thought that:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI knew I'd never use again\u003cbr\u003eA logarithm or a sine\u003cbr\u003eBut the trappings of a cultured mind\u003cbr\u003eI knew exactly where to find.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd, not long after this, while strolling to a local coffee bar, he and a friend sense that:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere was a fire about to burn\u003cbr\u003eAnd of that flame, we had both caught a spark.\u003cbr\u003eThat warm summer's evening in Grovelands Park.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd so, life moves forward through the years with the usual parties and musical delights of the superb jazz bands to be found performing in the back rooms of pubs for twopence hapenny and the emerging electric bands who would sell black rhythm and blues back to the USA. Unfortunately, he misses most of this scene's excitement because:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFar from the fuss and ballyhoo\u003cbr\u003eI was on my way to Kathmandu\u003cbr\u003eOn what became known as the Hippie Trail.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen onwards to a couple of years in Australia as a roustabout 'swagman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA few further adventures follow, an attempt to walk the Pennine Way amongst them; and there are several unconsummated romances along the way until he eventually finds himself 'complete in the comforting arms of a loving wife.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd finally, back in a local park, an old man minding a friend's dog. He sits observing the changed world of 2022, sixty odd years after he sensed a fire about to burn and ponders contentedly:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere really is no better place\u003cbr\u003eTo see firsthand the changing face\u003cbr\u003eOf our noble, ancient 'Island Race\u003cbr\u003eThan in a.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 325g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 210 x 148 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781839525933\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stuart Duncan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44133500420346,"sku":"9781839525933","price":10.71,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/noImage_1_a02e7933-b429-4194-b4cc-f04a708ea7c3.jpg?v=1680102151","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/those-flat-share-girls-oh-how-they-laughed-9781839525933","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}