Go and Make the Tea, Boy!: Memories of life as a young reporter during the 1960s

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Product ID:	9781858587110
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	Go and Make the Tea, Boy!
Subtitle:	Memories of life as a young reporter during the 1960s
Authors:	Author: John Phillpott
Page Count:	128
Subjects:	Autobiography: historical, political and military, Autobiography: historical, political & military, News media and journalism, Press & journalism, Warwickshire, c 1960 to c 1970
Description:	BEATLE haircut, one set of smart clothes to his name... and with a rock 'n' roll attitude hewn out of five resentful years at a boys' grammar school. This was the 16-year-old John Phillpott who, in that long-lost summer of 1965, started out on a life-long career in Midlands journalism. It was the era when a young trainee reporter could be sent to a fatal road accident one moment and ordered to make the tea for the entire editorial staff the next. These were the days when a young journalist might cover a budgerigar show on a Saturday afternoon and a few hours later interview Ray Davies of the chart-topping Kinks. Yes, it's all there in Go and Make the Tea, Boy! The reprobates, drunks and various other paid-up members of life's Awkward Squad all splash across these pages in glorious technicolor, as this no-holds-barred narrative of life on a provincial newspaper back in the Swinging Sixties gets into gear.
Imprint Name:	Brewin Books
Publisher Name:	Brewin Books
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2020-07-17

Weight	328 g
Dimensions	170 × 239 × 10 mm