GROWING UP IN THE 1950S, 60s and 70s in that enigmatic, wondrous
hive of industrial activity in the West Midlands, Andrew Edwards
was a reporter for The County Express newspaper based in
Stourbridge and Brierley Hill. It was his first job as a teenager,
given a chance by proprietor Lt. Col Moody of the Mark and Moody
hierarchy, it propelled Andrew to a lifelong journalist career. In
this, his second book, he tells of his roots, born in a wobbly
house in Amblecote, and his job in provincial journalism, which
took him all over the Black Country. This was a time before
computers or mobile phones, when any form of desktop digital
publishing was far in the future. Printing presses were mechanical
things bigger than double decker buses and stories were set in hot
metal! These are his reminiscences, meeting Black Country
characters like mayors, aldermen, golden wedding couples, pub
landlords, criminals and even an emerging rock star. Andrew
researches his own family - from his parents love of cycling and
sport and his father's lifetime passion with local Black Country
athletic clubs of which he was a founder member, to glass makers,
when the area produced the best handmade blown glass products in
the world. We also meet his aunty, an assistant matron,
steelmaking, book printing, a founder member of the Royal Flying
Corps in the First World War, and an army Captain in the Second;
his godfather sunk in the South China sea, canal boatman, a TV and
radio comedy gag (joke) writer, with gritty labourers, nailers and
puddlers, going back to 1727. Plus there's a mysterious
family-owned book about agriculture, written in London just after
the Great Fire of London, in 1666. This book is an eclectic mix of
Black Country stories and tales, told in a humorous style by the
author. Andrew Edwards first book MCN Days Speedway Nights is
available from Amazon and all good bookshops.
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