Read any good books?

[Richard A Thackeray]

Re-reading "What's Tha Up To Nah!?"

The memoirs (vol 2?) of a Police Officer in 1960s Sheffield (primarily Attercliffe)
A very different world

In one chapter, he describes how he was going to arrest a man for a vicious assault on an old man (leaving what are now referred to as 'life changing injuries)
The perpetrator was in a pub, & threw a cleaver at the PC, it missed, but another pub-goer hit the thrower with a bar-stool after realising that this was the guy who assaulted the old chap
A group of regulars 'detained' the offender, whilst the PC (as he wrote, wiped a speck of dust out of his eye.........)

I've personally known of one similar instance a few years ago (maybe around 2000 - 2001), where a dog-handler was tracking someone, the dog located & 'held'
Scrote kicked the dog a couple of times
Dog let go
He ran
Dog got him again

Officer noticed that his boot-lace was untied, so had to (on grounds of his own safety) stop to retie it

Scrote got 'chewed'
Of course, when he was brought in, we were all full of sympathy, & made enquiries about the condition/health
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of the Dog

Amazon product ASIN 1845631439View: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Whats-Tha-Up-Nah-Sheffield/dp/1845631439

 

[stephec]

Re-reading "What's Tha Up To Nah!?"

The memoirs (vol 2?) of a Police Officer in 1960s Sheffield (primarily Attercliffe)
A very different world

In one chapter, he describes how he was going to arrest a man for a vicious assault on an old man (leaving what are new referred to as 'life changing injuries)
The perpetrator was in a pub, & threw a cleaver at the PC, it missed, but another pub-goer hit the thrower with a bar-stool after realising that this was the guy who assaulted the old chap
A group of regulars 'detained' the offender, whilst the PC (as he wrote, wiped a speck of dust out of his eye.........)

I've known of one instance a few years ago (maybe around 2000 - 2001), where a dog-handler was tracking someone, the dog located & 'held'
Scrote kicked the dog a couple of times
Dog let go
He ran
Dog got him again

Officer noticed that his boot-lace was untied, so had to (on grounds of his own safety) stop to retie it

Scrote got 'chewed'
Of course, when he was brought in, we were all full of sympathy, & made enquiries about the condition/health
.
.
.
.
.
of the Dog

Amazon product ASIN 1845631439View: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Whats-Tha-Up-Nah-Sheffield/dp/1845631439

I like that type of book, people doing ordinary jobs in the twentieth century, I'll have to give it a go.

 

[wiggydiggy]

I like that type of book, people doing ordinary jobs in the twentieth century, I'll have to give it a go.

I just searched for it and there is a follow up "What's Tha Up To Next?: More Memories of a Yorkshire Bobby". Reserved a copy of the 1st one at the library.

 

[NorthernDave]

I thought Childs had now retired from writing?

He has handed the writing of the Reacher books over to his brother - and unfortunately the standard has dropped considerably over the last couple of books.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Just finished Night Train by Martin Amis for the 2nd time and still non the wiser.

 

[DCBassman]

Just finished the latest Bones from Kathy Reichs, good as always.

 

[raleighnut]

Not this book, it's the novelisation of the film Total Recall. PKDs short story "We can remember you wholesale" is the original work he wrote that the film (and this book) is based on.

Reminds me, I need to read "The man in the high castle" soon which is another PKD book.

A scanner darkly is one of my favourite books, shame the film was so dire

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I like that type of book, people doing ordinary jobs in the twentieth century, I'll have to give it a go.

You'd need to have done some work in the 20th century

 

[mustang1]

Mike Tyson. My Autobiography.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I like that type of book, people doing ordinary jobs in the twentieth century, I'll have to give it a go.

I just searched for it and there is a follow up "What's Tha Up To Next?: More Memories of a Yorkshire Bobby". Reserved a copy of the 1st one at the library.

Let me know, what you think
Sombre in parts….

 

[Beebo]

I read Bob Mortimer’s auto biography on holiday.
He’s had such an interesting life with great trauma and great happiness.
I think he over credits Jim Moir aka Vic Reeves with his success.
Vic definitely had the vision to start it off, but without Bob, Vic never would have reached mainstream appeal, as Bob is clearly the one with a more natural wit.

 

[wiggydiggy]

Let me know, what you think
Sombre in parts….

I will, book is still on waiting list for me but I am 1st in queue.

 

[Saluki]

Currently half way through The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith. The 6th book in the series. Love her or hate her, these books are rather fun and an absorbing read. They are well written and I like the characters.

 

[DCBassman]

Currently half way through The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith. The 6th book in the series. Love her or hate her, these books are rather fun and an absorbing read. They are well written and I like the characters.

Must get around to reading these!

 

[Saluki]

Must get around to reading these!

I figured it was going to be ok within the first couple of chapters of book 1. Of course I thought Robert was a real person then, not a nom de plume. The characters jump out of the page at you. So beautifully created that you can see and feel the weave of Strike’s coat and the stubble on his chin. Robin seems like a real person too. I can hear her voice in my head. Heard it long before Sue Tully did a good job bringing them to the TV.