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Steady Past Your Granny's (Nostalgedy Collections Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Philip Whiteland (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.7 out of 5 stars 54 ratings
Take a trip back to a different place and time. Where crowds of hunched and oddly dressed youths would probably be train-spotters, where you could have a reign of terror on a Sunday afternoon just by riding your cast-iron scooter across the blue brick pavement, and where the height of excitement on the street was getting two Beech Nut chewing gum packets on the fourth turn of the handle.

Philip Whiteland entertains with this collection of articles presenting some keenly observed and very funny meanders through the past and present. Why not come and join him on the trip, but, whatever you do, remember to keep “Steady Past Your Granny’s” This newly updated version addresses some previously reported problems, has improved formatting and...includes pictures!,

"Steady Past Your Granny's" is the first book in the 'nostalgedy' collection of stories, which also includes "Crutches for Ducks" and "A Kick at the Pantry Door"
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  1. Book 1 of 5
    The 'Nostalgedy' Collection
  2. Print length
    86 pages
  3. Language
    English
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  5. Publication date
    March 9, 2011
  6. File size
    399 KB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004RJ9D8K
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 9, 2011
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 399 KB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 86 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Book 1 of 5 ‏ : ‎ The 'Nostalgedy' Collection
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.7 out of 5 stars 54 ratings

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Philip Whiteland

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Philip is a retired university lecturer in Human Resource Management. You wouldn't believe how many potential friends he has lost, over the years, by telling them that.

He has now turned 60, which is marginally better than not turning 60 in his opinion, but not much. He has also occasionally been accused of humour. If you can forgive him these facts, then you might just enjoy his writing.

He lives on the edge of the Derbyshire Peak District, because that is as far as they will let him in. He was born and brought up, in Burton upon Trent, the home of the UK brewing industry, and spent many of his early years attempting to support that industry single-handedly. Much of his writing over the past few years, for the Derby Telegraph, Burton Mail's "times gone by" magazine and Mature Times has featured his recollections of growing up (allegedly) in the 1950s and 1960s. He's christened his combination of nostalgia and comedy 'nostalgedy', he did consider 'comalgia' but he thought it sounded too much like an unfortunate medical condition.

Radio Derby broadcast a number of his stories and you can hear their interview with Philip at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkFYZ8Oi0MA and there is an audio version of one story (so far) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CivqL_r8uLE.

"Steady Past Your Granny's" was Philip's first, self-published, collection of stories, available in Kindle and Paperback formats. The bumper sequel, "Crutches for Ducks" was published on Kindle on 1st November, 2011, and the third collection of 'nostalgedy' stories, "A Kick at the Pantry Door" burst onto the scene on 1st July, 2013. Number 4 in the series, 'Giving a Bull Strawberries was published in March, 2015 and boasts of being the only book to have a 30 foot shovel on the cover! Finally, the fifth and latest book in the 'nostalgedy' series 'The Things You See...' is the first in the series to be available both as an e-book and now in paperback. There is also a Christmas Special containing a mix of 'nostalgedy' and humorous fiction guaranteed to get you into the festive spirit at any time of the year 'A Christmas Cracker'.

You can find Philip on Facebook and Twitter (@philwhiteland) and at his blog site www.philwhiteland.blogspot.co.uk

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  • Gingerlily
    5.0 out of 5 stars Amusing stories of childhood
    Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2012
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    I enjoyed reading this series of stories of growing up in England. It wasn't very like my childhood, but still close enough to make me smile quite a lot. Philip's stories are gently amusing and nostalgic rather than riotiously funny, but still well worth reading. He has a gift for seeing the funny side of ordinary and everyday events and poking a bit of gentle fun at them - and specially at himself. His family come in for a bit of the fun-poking as well. He is good at picking out those little quirks that every family has and making them into an amusing story.
    I recommend this for some gentle undemanding fun - maybe over a nice cup of tea and a biscuit. You couldn't get much more english than that...
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  • Alina
    4.0 out of 5 stars Gentle British humour and many chuckles for baby-boomers
    Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2011
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    Side effects of reading this book may include frequent chuckling and occasional guffawing - at least that's the effect it had on me. I do like a book that actually makes me physically laugh.

    The book is a collection of reminiscences of English boyhood during the fifties/sixties, one or two amusing short stories and some curmudgeonly reflections on growing older and modern life. The book doesn't really have a point, mainly it's an enjoyable meandering memoir of a different time and place with some sharp observations thrown in. The stories have an English sensibility (that gentle British humour I alluded to) but I think that the stories will have universal appeal to anyone of the baby boomer generation.

    If you are waiting to see the dentist this would be the ideal book to cheer you up.
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  • Leanna Falconer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good Medicine
    Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2013
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    Phillip Whiteland never fails to entertain, as is well-proven in this, his first published collection of "nostalgedy" (which I, of course, read last). But the order the books are read in is not nearly as important as the fact that they "should" be read by anyone desiring a good pick-me-up. Laughter is, after all the best medicine, and Whiteland consistently delivers it in ample doses. His works are keepers and will be well worth a re-read in the future.
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  • Spiderman
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great memories
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 17, 2013
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    This is just as good as Crutches for Ducks, and I've just bought your Kick at the Pantry door.
    So, you think you were the only small boy who had to get downstairs before the loo flush finished?! No way, and I'm 70! I may be a Woking (Surrey) boy, but still found - am still reading it - this book a great, gentle, and amusing book at bedtime.

    Keep writing, there's a good young fella!
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  • Tricia
    4.0 out of 5 stars Memories
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 11, 2011
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    I found this a delightful book which took me back over the years. The author recalls his childhood days as a baby boomer and what it was like for him growing up in Burton on Trent. When I had finished reading the book it stayed with me (and does still) because it had me recalling long forgotten memories of my own childhood. Times which our own children and grandchildren will never see because fear has overtaken us and we do not let them out of sight. Gone are the days of friends disappearing for the entire day with the obligatory bottle of pop and jam sandwiches, making dens in the park and living in an innocent and imaginery world where bikes and scooters became our horses for the day. So, thank you, Philip Whiteland - not only did you give me a book, you also gave me a great big pocketful of my own, long forgotten, memories. I look forward to your next book which I hope will be with us soon.
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  • G. Smith
    3.0 out of 5 stars A wry English reminiscence
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 2, 2015
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    Exactly what it promised to be: nostalgia and humour. I liked the graphic reminder of how basic things were, back then, and the self-effacing account of how the narrator bumbled through it all. England at its "Don't let the family down" best.
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  • AnitafromBoro
    5.0 out of 5 stars Easy reading reminiscence
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 17, 2013
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    I happily read this book from cover to cover and wanted to read more. The author has a wonderfully self deprecating style that makes one warm to him and it probably helps that as the reader I am of a similar ae so remember a similar upbringing in the general sense of the timing. Very enjoyable
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  • D1rk
    1.0 out of 5 stars Not able to read on kindle
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 25, 2012
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    The font when the book is down loaded is not the same size, varies from very large to tiny.
    Therefore you cannot actually read the book,
    If you keep changing the font, by page the entire kindle changes.
    Would more than likely have got more than one star, shame.
    Amazon informed, still does not work
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