The Widower's SonAllen, 1976 - 288 pages William's father, a Nottinghamshire coalminer, is proud of his son's military success, and annoyed when he gives up his life as a colonel in the artillery to become manager of a bowling alley. |
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Alan Sillitoe. William Scorton , born in a Nottinghamshire mining town , is put into the Military College of Science at the age of fourteen by his ex - soldier father . From that time on the British Army takes over the elder Scorton's ...
Alan Sillitoe. William Scorton , born in a Nottinghamshire mining town , is put into the Military College of Science at the age of fourteen by his ex - soldier father . From that time on the British Army takes over the elder Scorton's ...
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... Scorton's emotional responsibilities . During his war - time career as a gunnery officer of the Royal Artillery , William rises to the rank of Lieutenant - Colonel . He afterwards meets and marries the daughter of an infantry brigadier ...
... Scorton's emotional responsibilities . During his war - time career as a gunnery officer of the Royal Artillery , William rises to the rank of Lieutenant - Colonel . He afterwards meets and marries the daughter of an infantry brigadier ...
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... Scorton would do in civvy - street , but he expected he'd get a post somewhere . There were always good jobs for blokes like that . From the cupboard above the dresser he took bread and butter , two eggs , a packet of lard and a pot of ...
... Scorton would do in civvy - street , but he expected he'd get a post somewhere . There were always good jobs for blokes like that . From the cupboard above the dresser he took bread and butter , two eggs , a packet of lard and a pot of ...
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