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Tim Bradford is growing up in a small town in Lincolnshire in the 1970s. Market Rasen is not the most exciting place, but to his teenage mind it was the centre of the universe. Tim is at that in-between phase between childhood and adolescence, where you are trying to be grown up and get your first snogs whilst at the same time still playing with airfix models and making dens. Tim takes us through his first crushes, falling in love with the local beauty queen and an elusive Gallic beauty on a French exchange. His first attempts at getting drunk and trying to impress girls, forming bands which churned out endless numbers of rubbish songs and trying to avoid deckings by the local hards. Tim and his equally hapless friends are gradually working towards breaking free of their childhoods and
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Tim Bradford is growing up in a small town in Lincolnshire in the 1970s. Market Rasen is not the most exciting place, but to his teenage mind it was the centre of the universe. Tim is at that in-between phase between childhood & adolescence, where you are trying to be grown up & get your first snogs whilst at the same time still playing with airfix models & making dens. Tim takes us through his first crushes, falling in love with the local beauty queen & an elusive Gallic beauty on a French exchange. His first attempts at getting drunk & trying to impress girls, forming bands which churned out endless numbers of rubbish songs & trying to avoid deckings by the local hards. Tim & his equally hapless friends are gradually working towards breaking free of their childhoods & moving away from their roots. Life in this small town was a rollercoaster of mundane happenings. ” Small Town” paints a portrait of the energy & melancholy at the heart of our generation, the inability to live for now & the feeling that something better is just around the corner. Too young (just) to be baby boomers & too English & uncool to call itself Generation X. It`s a universal tale about dreams, ambitions, brass bands, cubs, rugby songs, football stickers, tractors, young love, & valve amplifiers connected up to cheap distortion pedals, set at a time of political change & pudding basin hair.

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Brass - A copper and Zinc Alloy

Football - A sport involving kicking a ball and trying to score a goal

England - A country within the United Kingdom.

Friends - A close associate or a popular US based sitcom about a group of friends

Set - a group of items usually related to one another. Some objects cannot function without the complete set of items.

Heart - An organ that pumps blood around the body. Usually related to love.

Love - Someone who shows deep affection for someone else.

Small - something that takes up less space than normal.

Universe - Every matter and space, thought to be around 10 billion years old.

Valve - An opening and closing to control the movement of fluid through pipes.

Hair - The fine strands growing on all over bodies.

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Stanfords was established in 1853 and opened their iconic Covent Garden flagship store in 1901. They have become the top retailer of maps, travel books and accessories in the UK and arguably offer the largest selection of maps and travel books worldwide. Famous names such as Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Ranulph Fiennes and Michael Palin have purchased from Stanfords. They now have a shop in Bristol and both stores together with other venues operate a calendar of events including talks, book signings and exhibitions. As a specialist map retailer, the map selection is comprehensive and includes road maps, street maps and walking maps from worldwide destinations, as well as a selection of world atlases and wall maps. Books include travel guides and travel literature. Stanfords also stock globes, from miniatures made of blue marble to magnificent floor-standing globes. The website features a selection of interesting articles on travel topics.

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