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All These Lonely People
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In Gervase's words: 'I grew up in the 1950s and 1960s, and like many at the time loved the music of the Beatles. They changed the whole face of popular music. I knew all the words of Help! A Hard Day… |
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A Load of Old Tripe
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Gervase Phinn |
For eleven-year old James Joseph Johnson (or Jimmy for short) life is not always straightforward. In fact, things can be quite complicated, and don't always turn out as he'd planned...Born in 1946, J… |
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Who am I?
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Gervase Phinn |
After hatching out of his egg, a chameleon plods through the tall grass, meeting various jungle animals and asking an important question. |
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A lesson in love
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Gervase Phinn |
Love is in the air in the little village of Barton-in-the-Dale. Anyone can see that Ashley Underwood and Emmet O'Malley are made for each other. On the other side of the village, an angry young boy s… |
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Out of the woods but not over the hill
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Gervase Phinn |
" ... Looking back over more than sixty years of family life, teaching, inspecting schools, writing and public speaking, Gervase never fails to unearth humour, character, warmth and wisdom from the m… |
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Road to the Dales
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Gervase Phinn |
Renowned for his charming and hilarious tales of life as a teacher and school inspector, Gervase Phinn gives us a unique window into his own childhood experiences - of his life growing up in a pre-wa… |
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A load of old tripe
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Gervase Phinn |
This is a humourous tale about the schooldays of 11-year-old James Joseph Johnson (or Jimmy for short). Jimmy and his friends, Ignatius and Mickey, get into a few scrapes in the year leading up to th… |
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A Wayne in a manger
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Gervase Phinn |
Gervase has collected together his favourite Christmas and Nativity stories, both those that will move you to tears and those that will have you crying with laughter. |
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What's the matter, Royston Knapper?
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Gervase Phinn |
Eleven-year-old Royston Knapper is always up to mischief and in trouble with his teachers and parents as he disrupts his classroom, tricks his father, and brings home a vicious dog. |
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Dominic's Discovery
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Gervase Phinn |
Dominic's middle name is trouble, but not because he's got a troublesome nature, but quite simply because he's ALWAYS in the wrong place at the wrong time. So it's not surprising that he's only allow… |
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Over Hill and Dale
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Gervase Phinn |
Continuing where THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DALE ended, Gervase Phinn begins his second year as a schools inspector in Yorkshire. His colourful cast of characters are now becoming firm favourites - the mo… |
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