Beatles & Chiefs: A '60s Childhood

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2011
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Featured on BBC Radio 4, this is the delightful memoir of a Beatle-mad, ex-pat Scot growing up in the north-east of England in the 1960s. The only girl in a family of boys, Janet was brought up in the 'Land of Boy' - a boarding school in Durham where her father Norman was housemaster. Every year, these seven MacLeods would cram into a Ford Zephyr for the two day journey back to the ancestral home on the Isle of Skye. Beatlemania, the Girls from U.N.C.L.E, suffragette great-aunts, real chiefs, Donovan-spotting, a pastry scandal and a dash of blood-thirsty clan history - Janet's tales are amusing and touching, and vividly re-create the lost world of '60s Durham and the Scottish Highlands before mass tourism.

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Featured on BBC Radio 4, this is the delightful memoir of a Beatle-mad, ex-pat Scot growing up in the north-east of England in the 1960s. The only girl in a family of boys, Janet was brought up in the 'Land of Boy' - a boarding school in Durham where her father Norman was housemaster. Every year, these seven MacLeods would cram into a Ford Zephyr for the two day journey back to the ancestral home on the Isle of Skye. Beatlemania, the Girls from U.N.C.L.E, suffragette great-aunts, real chiefs, Donovan-spotting, a pastry scandal and a dash of blood-thirsty clan history - Janet's tales are amusing and touching, and vividly re-create the lost world of '60s Durham and the Scottish Highlands before mass tourism.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 138
Publisher: MacLeod Trotter Books
Published: 03 Feb 2011
ISBN 10: 0956642659
ISBN 13: 9780956642653

Media Reviews

'Great book, very funny, had me laughing out loud!' L Pindar, Librarian, New Zealand 'I have so enjoyed Beatles and Chiefs. It is a very long time since I have read anything that provoked such gales of laughter' T.Davidson Kelly, Kilmarnock 'You brought back many memories of the past - I don't think I have laughed out loud reading a book for a long time.' N.Nichol, Edinburgh 'Your book gave me immense pleasure - a lovely account of a happy childhood - you really do write beautifully.' C.Stewart, Isle of Skye. 'How much I enjoyed reading your book - I am glad I read it on my own as I am sure people would think me mad as I chuckled and laughed.' R.Fleming, Edinburgh 'Informative and amusing - a really super book.' W.Richmond, Isle of Skye.

Author Bio

Janet MacLeod Trotter was brought up in the North East of England with her four brothers, by Scottish parents. She is a best-selling author of 15 novels, including the hugely popular Jarrow Trilogy, and a childhood memoir, BEATLES & CHIEFS, which was featured on BBC Radio Four. Her novel, THE HUNGRY HILLS, gained her a place on the shortlist of The Sunday Times' Young Writers' Award, and the TEA PLANTER'S LASS was longlisted for the RNA Romantic Novel Award. A graduate of Edinburgh University, she has been editor of the Clan MacLeod Magazine, a columnist on the Newcastle Journal and has had numerous short stories published in women's magazines. She lives in the North of England with her husband, daughter and son. Find out more about Janet and her other popular novels at: www.janetmacleodtrotter.com