Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Other Side of the DaleCondition: NewEAN: 9780140275421ISBN: 9780140275421Publisher: Penguin Books LtdFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 09/24/2009Item Height: 198mmItem Length: 129mmItem Width: 17mmItem Weight: 202gAuthor: Gervase PhinnLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 0140275428Description: Take a trip to the country with Gervase Phinn's heartwarming tales of life as a school inspector in Yorkshire'Gervase Phinn's memoirs have made him a hero in school staff-rooms' Daily Telegraph_______ As the newly appointed County Inspector of Schools in North Yorkshire, Gervase Phinn reveals in this warm and wonderfully humorous account, the experiences of his first year in the job - and what an education it was! He quickly learns that he must slow his pace and appreciate the beautiful countryside - 'Are tha'comin' in then, mester, or are tha' stoppin' out theer all day admirin' t'view?'He encounters some larger-than-life characters, from farmers and lords of the manor to teaching nuns and eccentric caretakers.And, best of all, he discovers the delightful and enchanting qualities of the Dales children, including the small boy, who, when told he's not very talkative, answers: 'If I've got owt to say I says it, and if I've got owt to ask I asks it.' With his keen ear for the absurd and sharp eye for the ludicrous, Gervase Phinn's stories in The Other Side of the Dale will not fail to make you weep with laughter.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: BiographyTopic: Children's Learning & Education, Society & CultureRelease Year: 2009 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: The Other Side of the Dale
Title: The Other Side of the Dale
EAN: 9780140275421
ISBN: 9780140275421
Release Date: 09/24/2009
Release Year: 2009
ISBN-10: 0140275428
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Book Title: Other Side of the Dale
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Books, The Limited
Publication Year: 2009
Item Height: 0.8 in
Topic: Personal Memoirs, General
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 7.5 Oz
Item Length: 8 in
Author: Gervase Phinn
Item Width: 5 in
Format: Uk-B Format Paperback
