A Likely Tale, Lad (Lad Series) - Hardcover

Mike Pannett

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1855683296 ISBN 13: 9781855683297

Publisher: Dalesman Publishing Co Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

In this endearing memoir a former police officer who appeared in the 2005 BBC series Country Cops recalls his 1970s childhood in the North Yorkshire countryside. In retrospect, it seems to him like a perpetual summer: the family setting off on holiday in his dad's Morris Traveller, its roof-rack piled high; bicycle adventures and boyish pranks; fishing and football; jam sandwiches and pop - all set amid the idyllic landscape of God's Own County peopled with larger-than-life characters.

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Review:

'Richly nostalgic and a delightful evocation of rural England in the seventies. It will charm anyone who grew up at that time.' --Daily Mail

'He tells his tales with warmth and humour.' --Daily Express

'A warm and entertaining read.' --Choice

About the Author:

Mike Pannett was born in York, and joined the Metropolitan Police in 1988. He became one of the youngest officers to be given his own patch, and served on the Divisional Crime Squad, Murder Squad and TSG (Riot Police). He transferred to North Yorkshire police in 1997 as he missed the countryside and fly fishing! He became a rural beat officer and eventually, a wildlife officer. Mike served nearly twenty years in the police, during which he became one of the highest-commended officers. In 2005 he starred in the BBC's Country Cops and was inspired to write about his adventures in the North Yorkshire force. He lives with his wife Ann and their three children in a small village in the shadow of the North York Moors.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dalesman Publishing Co Ltd
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1855683296
• ISBN 13: 9781855683297
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 215