The Life and Times of Arfer Teacake - Arfer (1932)

"Arfer Teacake" was the cockney nickname given to the author when he was a boy. The book is an account of the most memorable episodes in the author's long life, from the aftermath of the 1914/18 war through the Great Depression of the thirties, the 1939/45 war and its aftermath to the financial crisis in the second millennium.
It tells of his early memories of life in a sweetshop; as a schoolboy with a rifle; teenage thoughts and experiences; Fascism; the Territorial Army and the outbreak of war.
During the war:- Dunkirk; the bombing of London and its effect on family life; being on a gun site; getting a Commission (Mess etiquette and the Brigadier's tea party) preparations for "D Day".
After the war:- married life, tragic death of son, Chairman of a District Council, a reception at Buckingham Palace and surprisingly varied career with travel to the out posts of the British Empire, Switzerland, Australia, Ceylon and Turkey.
Retirement years:- too much alcohol, working in a in a factory environment; visiting South Africa after Apartheid; the trial and tribulations of old age.

Product details

• Authors: Arthur Durham
• Publisher: Authorhouse UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.07.2011
• EAN: 9781456774219
• ISBN: 978-1-4567-7421-9
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 396 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History