
King's Cross Kid
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Rick Stroud is a writer and film director. As well as working with Vic Gregg on Rifleman he is the author of The Book of the Moon and The Phantom Army of Alamein: How the Camouflage Unit and Operation Bertram Hoodwinked Rommel. He lives in London.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- King's Cross to the Thames, my childhood stomping ground
- King's Cross and the streets where I was born
- Preface
- Part One
- 1 Morning, King's Cross
- 2 Four into Two
- 3 Prospect Terrace School
- 4 'As Jesus Been Yet?
- 5 Little Emmy
- 6 Losing My Marbles
- 7 Big Boys Don't Cry
- 8 Mean Streets
- 9 Harsh Lessons
- 10 Bit of a Lark
- 11 The Bear
- 12 Picking Up Tips
- 13 Tar Blocks and Cricket
- 14 Hop-picking in Kent
- 15 Mr James and His Canes
- 16 The Move to Bloomsbury
- 17 The Crusade of Rescue
- 18 Costermongers in Kenton Street
- 19 Growing Up in Bloomsbury
- 20 Choirboy and Scout
- Part Two
- 21 Brooklands Boy
- 22 Peggy
- 23 Jobs and Sods
- 24 Bloomsbury Society
- 25 Running into Eddie Wilson
- 26 . . . and Fred
- 27 Joe Brown's Masters of Rhythm
- 28 Saturday Night Dance Halls
- 29 Defending Sidmouth Street
- 30 Helping Out Abe
- 31 A Bit of Prestige
- 32 Horror Job
- Part Three
- 33 Covent Garden and Maisie
- 34 Boxing Clubs and the Palais de Danse
- 35 Talking Family
- 36 Trouble in the Garden
- 37 Frankie's Café
- 38 The Loss of Sammy and Maisie
- 39 Bookie's Runner
- 40 Back with Eddie Again
- 41 Granddad Reflects
- 42 Soldier Boy
- 43 Basic Training
- 44 The End of the Beginning
- Plate Section
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on the Authors
- By the Same Authors
- Also Available by Victor Gregg with Rick Stroud
- eCopyright
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