Book description
Anton Rippon is a Derby boy through and through. He was born just
before Christmas 1944, his entrance into the world hastened after his
mother fell over a milk churn in the blackout. At the time of his
birth, just down the road a Derby Corporation bus driver was
recapturing an escaped German prisoner of war. Despite his dramatic
entrance into Derby life, Anton survived to become one of the city's
best-known writers and personalities with a string of books to his
name and a popular weekly column in 'The Derby Evening Telegraph'. 'A
Derby Boy' is a collection of Anton's reminiscences of childhood,
teenage years and his introduction to the bustling world of work.
Nostalgia abounds with tales of family, schooldays, trips to theatres
and cinemas, shops and streets, pubs and clubs, sporting life and
national events. These memories are recalled with humour and are sure
to strike a chord with a great many Derbeians. Tales of mad butchers
to dodgy coalmen, eccentric schoolteachers and odd publicans, illegal
gambling and irate undertakers combine with his family's often tragic
story to open up a new perpective on life in Derby over four generations.
