{"product_id":"the-london-apprentice-makes-tea-smokes-cigars-set-type-paperback","title":"The London Apprentice: Makes tea, smokes cigars, set type - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGil Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFANCY A JOB AS AN APPRENTICE COMPOSITOR*?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(*a snotty-nosed subclass of the primitive species Homo erectus) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA tongue-in-cheek autobiography of an apprentice compositor learning his trade in London's Old Covent Garden during the so-called swinging 'Sixties, when youth culture was, for the first time, finding an identity in a post-war Britain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChapters include: \u003cbr\u003e The composer (music critics need not apply).\u003cbr\u003e Trots and trotting (Deli belly? Worse than that!).\u003cbr\u003e A wet lunch (bring your own blotting paper).\u003cbr\u003e Tickets, please! (I'm an apprentice, inspector - we're exempt).\u003cbr\u003e A suspected criminal for a day (it wasn't me guv'nor, honest).\u003cbr\u003e Soho! (the cultural quarter of London).\u003cbr\u003e Swearing (and other terms of endearment). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor this is, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA GUFFAW OF RIB-TICKLING TALES, ANECDOTES AND STORIES GUARANTEED TO SPLIT YOUR SIDES LAUGHING!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd one, with a CLICK, that will educate the reader in the finer points of robbing The London Underground blind, before getting caught.What kind of reader would enjoy your book?\u003cbr\u003eNot necessarily one that has an interest in the printing industry. Although they might have. No, it would be a person that has an interest in nostalgia for a world that is no longer there. Just a memory. A reader that enjoys humour, with hopefully, occasional overtones of thought provoking seriousness that will bring him or her away from the page for a moment to reflect. Bring a nod of affirmity, a tear to the eye perhaps, as they reflect on their own experiences of life and family.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 196\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 13, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47282774409401,"sku":"9781838232658","price":17.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/4309\/4713\/files\/IJdNSf8JWN9781838232658.webp?v=1779609027","url":"https:\/\/thoobo.com\/products\/the-london-apprentice-makes-tea-smokes-cigars-set-type-paperback","provider":"Thoobo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}