Please, Mister Postman

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In July 1969 while the Rolling Stones played a free concert in Hyde Park Alan Johnson & his young family left West London to start a new life The Britwell Estate in Slough apparently notorious among the locals in fact came as a blessed relief after the tensions of Notting Hill & the local community welcomed them with open arms Alan had become a postman the previous year & in order to support his growing family took on every bit of overtime he could often working twelve-hour shifts six days a week It was hard work but not without its compensations
- the crafty fag snatched in a country lane the farmer's wife offering a hearty breakfast & even the mysterious lady on Glebe Road who appeared daily topless at her window as the postman passed by Please Mister Postman paints a vivid picture of England in the 1970s where no celebration was complete without a Party Seven of Watney's Red Barrel smoking was the norm rather than the exception & Sunday lunchtime was about beer bingo & cribbage But as Alan's life appears to be settling down & his career in the Union of Postal Workers begins to take off his close-knit family is struck once again by tragedy Moving hilarious & unforgettable Please Mister Postman is another astonishing book from the award-winning author of This Boy