Outstanding' is a riotous comedy. Take a failing school, a pig farm and an ice cream factory, add an inspection and a fly-on-the-wall documentary. The results are explosive! 'Outstanding' answers the big questions: - Why is a school inspector naked on a hotel corridor with only The Guardian to cover his embarrassment? - Why are two men chasing a pig in a giant vat of ice cream? - Why is a police officer fishing sticklebacks out of his helmet on a Sunday afternoon? - The inspectors and the TV crew couldn't possibly turn up on the same day, could they? ...and when the psychotic Eric Halftree is humiliated by shady local farmer Bernard Allsop, his thirst for revenge spirals towards an apocalyptic climax. Fans of Tom Sharpe and Sue Townsend will find much to love in 'Outstanding'. If you want a funny read, with unforgettable characters trapped in outrageous situations, this is the book for you!
Outstanding' is a riotous comedy. Take a failing school, a pig farm and an ice cream factory, add an inspection and a fly-on-the-wall documentary. The results are explosive! 'Outstanding' answers the big questions: - Why is a school inspector naked on a hotel corridor with only The Guardian to cover his embarrassment? - Why are two men chasing a pig in a giant vat of ice cream? - Why is a police officer fishing sticklebacks out of his helmet on a Sunday afternoon? - The inspectors and the TV crew couldn't possibly turn up on the same day, could they? ...and when the psychotic Eric Halftree is humiliated by shady local farmer Bernard Allsop, his thirst for revenge spirals towards an apocalyptic climax. Fans of Tom Sharpe and Sue Townsend will find much to love in 'Outstanding'. If you want a funny read, with unforgettable characters trapped in outrageous situations, this is the book for you!
As its title suggests this is not just a list of names and dates but a serious research into the people behind the names on the various WW2 memorials in Bridlington including all the old boys of Bridlington School who died in WW2. The book begins with a detailed look at where the memorials are, when they were made and the names that appear on them. This is followed by the roll of honour itself, an alphabetical listing which gives a full page to each person named on the memorials. The Authors have used 'typical' family history resources in order to give as much biographical detail as possible, who they were, their parents, husbands / wives and children, where and how they died and what they did before enlistment. Some died in well-known land battles, some went down with their ships, while others were in aircraft that failed to return home. Not all were in the armed forces and these met their deaths through bombing raids and accidents of war. This is their story.
Plans to build a new bird sanctuary in a small English village are interrupted by murder most fowl in this delightful British whodunit. When Alan Tewkes decides to convert the wetlands he inherited from his father into a protected reserve for endangered migrant birds, his altruistic gesture winds up ruffling more than a few local feathers. The tiny Northern English town of Talbot has no interest in hosting the many tourists who would flock to such an attraction. Alan soldiers on despite resistance from Talbot’s self-styled “squire,” DeLacey Thornley, and even from his own brother, Jeremy. But when shooting down Alan’s plan doesn’t work, someone shoots down Alan instead. Homicide is a rarity in Talbot, and some wonder if the local police are up to the task. But Detective Inspector Hole and his wife, the local schoolmistress, are more resourceful than they might at first appear. As they dig for clues, a web of dark secrets and bitter feuding begins to emerge in this classic English village whodunit perfect for fans of Agatha Christie.
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