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02890aam a2200277 4500 |
001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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ocn835973296 |
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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OCoLC |
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
control field |
20200204152225.0 |
007 - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED FIELD--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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ta |
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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130319s2013 enkabc 000 0aeng d |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9781781552353 |
Qualifying information |
paperback |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
1781552355 |
Qualifying information |
paperback |
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
System control number |
(OCoLC)835973296 |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
Original cataloging agency |
UKMGB |
Language of cataloging |
eng |
Transcribing agency |
UKMGB |
Modifying agency |
OCLCO |
Description conventions |
rda |
Modifying agency |
AP |
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
920 |
Edition number |
23 |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Gardner, Alfred, |
Relator term |
author. |
9 (RLIN) |
245372 |
245 13 - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
An East End story : |
Remainder of title |
a tale of friendship / |
Statement of responsibility, etc |
Alfred Gardner. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
286 pages : |
Other physical details |
illustrations, map, portraits ; |
Dimensions |
24 cm. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc |
One evening in the long hot summer of 1959, Alfred Gardner was walking home along Commercial Road. Noticing a woman who had collapsed, he ran to a phone box to call an ambulance only to be beaten to it by an older man. Chance encounters often spark friendships and this was to be the start of a camaraderie spanning thirty-seven years. They were an unlikely duo. Gardner, in his late teens, had never journeyed too far from Stepney. Upson, in his early thirties, had an extraordinary life already. For Gardner, the Second World War meant vague memories of returning from evacuation in Hartlepool in 1944 to a Stepney now under threat from Germany's V1 and V2 rockets. But two years earlier, Upson had faced even greater dangers when the Japanese Air Force bombed Rangoon. The fifteen-year-old, who took up smoking and drinking to appear older, joined Burma's tiny navy. Nearly twenty years later, as they wander the streets, pubs and clubs of the East End, a fascinating cast of characters emerges. There are exotics such as Red Boots Danny, the reforming East End cleric Father Joe Williamson. At the Waterman's Arms, they rub shoulders with celebrities, noticing Clint Eastwood enjoying a quiet drink at the bar. And Upson seems to know everyone. His friend watches amazed as men, women, old and young spring forward to shake his hand and greet him. Gardner, meanwhile, pushes himself into the background. With his photographic memory, he is the camera documenting their travels. After Upson's death in 1996, Gardner makes a sentimental journey through Wapping, the walk that the two friends often took. Starting at Tower Bridge, he strolls down St Katharine's Way and on to Shadwell Park. Much of Wapping has changed out of recognition, the old wharfs replaced by new apartments and penthouses. He stops by Old Aberdeen Wharf to view Rotherhithe opposite. Just as Upson had predicted, the ships are gone, just a few rusty barges clank together... |
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Gardner, Alfred. |
9 (RLIN) |
245373 |
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Upson, David. |
9 (RLIN) |
245375 |
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
Geographic name |
East End (London, England) |
Form subdivision |
Biography. |
9 (RLIN) |
162724 |
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
Geographic name |
East End (London, England) |
General subdivision |
Social conditions |
Chronological subdivision |
20th century. |
9 (RLIN) |
230746 |
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
Geographic name |
East End (London, England) |
General subdivision |
Social life and customs |
Chronological subdivision |
20th century. |
9 (RLIN) |
245376 |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
Koha item type |
Nonfiction |