An East End story : (Pūkete tau 127678)

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001 - CONTROL NUMBER
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003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
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005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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007 - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED FIELD--GENERAL INFORMATION
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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
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Not Withdrawn   Dewey Decimal Classification Not Damaged   Nonfiction Hāwera LibraryPlus Hāwera LibraryPlus Nonfiction 15/04/2014 6 24.99 5 92 GARD i2130782 29/05/2017 27/10/2015 39.99 15/04/2014 Nonfiction

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