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Road to the Dales - Abridged

The Story of a Yorkshire Lad

by Gervase Phinn

Narrator Gervase Phinn

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Length 6 hours 6 minutes

Language English

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In this abridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Road to the Dales: The Story of a Yorkshire Lad,
Gervase tells of a life full of happiness, conversation, music and books shared with his three siblings, mother and father. This audiobook is a snapshot of growing up in Yorkshire in the 1950s - reminisce with Gervase, and share in his personal journey - of school days and holidays as well as his tentative steps into the adult world. Devour numerous uproarious stories including the incident involving a broken greenhouse, crashing his brother's newly restored bike as well as secrets about his first dates, adventures at summer camp, family trips to Blackpool and many other captivating tales.

With a wicked ear for the comical, and a sharp eye for detail, this beautifully narrated audiobook visits poignant moments, significant events and precious memories from a boy called Gervase.

Biography & Memoir Education Humor Essays Nonfiction

Gervase Phinn is a teacher, freelance lecturer, author, poet, school inspector, educational consultant and visiting professor of education - but none of these is more important than his family.

For fourteen years he taught in a range of schools, then acted as General Advisor for Language Development in Rotherham before moving on to North Yorkshire, where he spent ten years as a school inspector - time that has provided so much source material for his books. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an Honorary Fellow of St John's College, York.