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The Winding Stair - From Morley Boy to Westminster Knight (Paperback)
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The Winding Stair - From Morley Boy to Westminster Knight (Paperback)
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“Few, if any, public servants can match Sir Rodney Brooke’s
60-year record ... six decades of unbroken service across local
government, the NHS, education, utilities and beyond surely give
him a unique perspective...” – The Guardian Sir Rodney Brooke
has had an eventful life at the sharp end – thanks to a career
that led him from 15-year-old school-leaver in Yorkshire to the
corridors of power at Westminster... and all points in between. In
The Winding Stair, his sparkling collection of memoirs, he takes
readers through its highs and lows – beginning as a reporter on
his hometown Morley Observer newspaper and ending with a CBE,
knighthood and honours from five more countries. In so doing, he
reveals hitherto unknown details behind six decades’ worth of
controversial headline moments and colourful personalities. As a
former chief executive of West Yorkshire County Council, he shares
fascinating background into the mysterious death of Helen Smith in
Jeddah; the Bradford City fire, in which 56 people were killed; and
the handling of the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper. As Emergency
Controller in the event of nuclear war, he was told to shelter in a
Pennine underground lair – and restore order as Geiger counters
said to emerge. Read how Halifax invented the guillotine; why dogs
could bark at night in Otley but not Ossett; how the law told
householders in Huddersfield to whiten their doorsteps before
8.00am or be fined five shillings; and why the press camped on his
Ilkley lawn after he resigned over the notorious ‘Homes for
Votes’ episode – when Dame Shirley Porter was surcharged
£42.5m.Accounts of how he organised the final reading of the Riot
Act and interviewed a talking dog with Mrs Thatcher’s press
spokesman, Sir Bernard Ingham, are found among tales of Princess
Diana’s underwear in Roundhay Park, Princess Margaret and the
cakes at Leeds/Bradford airport, sex and the Poll Tax, the murky
Dolphin Square scandals and how Trafalgar Square very nearly became
Nelson Mandela Square. For anyone interested in current affairs and
the reality behind politics, The Winding Stair – From Morley Boy
to Westminster Knight is not to be missed.
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Imprint: |
Scratching Shed Publishing Ltd
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
July 2022 |
Authors: |
Sir Rodney Brooke
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Dimensions: |
216 x 138 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
352 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-83848-997-7 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-83848-997-5 |
Barcode: |
9781838489977 |
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