Late Night on Watling Street

by Bill Naughton

Overview

In this collection of stories, Bill Naughton portrays a selection of characters, including truck drivers, Irish itinerants and lamp lighters, in his inimitable pithy style. While each tale can be enjoyed on its own, together they provide a wonderful picture of post-war and a bygone era. With descriptions so graphic the characters could be based on real people, the lives, loves, hopes and disappointments of Naughton's characters will keep you gripped till the last.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781448203727
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	09/28/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	191
File size:	18 MB
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About the Author

Bill Naughton (1910-1992) was a British playwright and author best known for his plays Spring and Port Wine and Alfie, the latter which he adapted for screen in the iconic 1966 film starring Michael Caine.

Born in Ireland, he grew up in Lancashire and his writing contains vivid evocations of the impoverished mining communities of the North of England, bound together by ties of family, kith and kin.

Bill Naughton won the Screenwriters award 1967 and 1968 and the Prix Italia for Radio Play 1974 before settling in the Isle of Man where he wrote several children's books based on his childhood memories.

Table of Contents

Late Night on Watling Street
A Skilled Man
Bit o'Skin
Poison Pincher
Taddy the Lamplighter
The Key of the Cabinet
The Bees Have Stopped Working
Tom's Sister
Boozer's Labourers
Weaver's Knot
Seeing a Beauty Queen Home
A way from Home
The Tell-tale Clock
Cockney Mum
Spiv in Love
The Half-Nelson Touch
The Little Welsh Girl