A Ha'penny Over the High Level
A Tyneside and Northumberland Childhood
Published on 12. November 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-85795-118-9 (ISBN)
Description
"A Ha'penny over the High Level" is the nostalgic story of one boy's life in Gateshead and Northumberland before World War 2. Thomas Knowles Bell was born in Gateshead. Despite grinding poverty he enjoyed the pleasures of a Tyneside childhood, including comic swaps, chip shops and games of 'munty kitty' in the playground. When his mother caught TB, the family moved to Swinhope near Allenheads and Thomas began a new life of haymaking, hen keeping, and Christmas guising and where a bicycle trip to the cinema was a marathon adventure. It is beautifully illustrated by Tony Kenyon's evocative line drawings. The title refers to the cost of a trip by horse tram across the High Level Bridge from Gateshead to Newcastle.
"A Ha'penny over the High Level" is the nostalgic story of one boy's life in Gateshead and Northumberland before World War 2. Thomas Knowles Bell was born in Gateshead. Despite grinding poverty he enjoyed the pleasures of a Tyneside childhood, including comic swaps, chip shops and games of 'munty kitty' in the playground. When his mother caught TB, the family moved to Swinhope near Allenheads and Thomas began a new life of haymaking, hen keeping, and Christmas guising and where a bicycle trip to the cinema was a marathon adventure. It is beautifully illustrated by Tony Kenyon's evocative line drawings. The title refers to the cost of a trip by horse tram across the High Level Bridge from Gateshead to Newcastle.
"A Ha'penny over the High Level" is the nostalgic story of one boy's life in Gateshead and Northumberland before World War 2. Thomas Knowles Bell was born in Gateshead. Despite grinding poverty he enjoyed the pleasures of a Tyneside childhood, including comic swaps, chip shops and games of 'munty kitty' in the playground. When his mother caught TB, the family moved to Swinhope near Allenheads and Thomas began a new life of haymaking, hen keeping, and Christmas guising and where a bicycle trip to the cinema was a marathon adventure. It is beautifully illustrated by Tony Kenyon's evocative line drawings. The title refers to the cost of a trip by horse tram across the High Level Bridge from Gateshead to Newcastle.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Newcastle upon Tyne
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Newcastle Libraries & Information Service
Illustrations
Line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85795-118-9 (9781857951189)
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Thomas Knowles Bell, died in 1984 but before he died he wrote the first part of his autobiography taking his life story from his birth in 1915 to the mid-1930s when he joined the Merchant Navy. He later became a school teacher.
Thomas Knowles Bell, died in 1984 but before he died he wrote the first part of his autobiography taking his life story from his birth in 1915 to the mid-1930s when he joined the Merchant Navy. He later became a school teacher.
Thomas Knowles Bell, died in 1984 but before he died he wrote the first part of his autobiography taking his life story from his birth in 1915 to the mid-1930s when he joined the Merchant Navy. He later became a school teacher.