Beyond Nab End

by Woodruff, William

• ISBN13: 9780349116228
• ISBN10: 0349116229
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-02
• Publisher: Abacus

Summary

The second volume of William Woodruff's memoirs starts with him having arrived in Poplar in the early 1930s. On spec, he turns up at a steel foundry and luckily gets a job. Eventually he decides to "get some leernin" and his first white-collar job starts for the Water Board. Continuing to pursue his studies, he finally wins a place at Ruskin College, Oxford. How the ex-steel worker became an Oxford academic concludes this second volume.

Author Biography

From his birth in 1916 until he ran away to London, William Woodruff lived
in the heart of Blackburn's weaving community. He eventually went to Oxford
University and lived in Florida for over forty years. He died in 2008.

Table of Contents

I TO LONDON	1	(22)
II A DIFFERENT WORLD	23	(24)
III HARD LABOUR	47	(14)
IV BACK TO SCHOOL	61	(10)
V FROM STRATFORD TO BOW	71	(24)
VI FINDING MY WAY	95	(26)
VII TO OXFORD	121	(30)
VIII SECOND WIND	151	(24)
IX SPREADING MY WINGS	175	(20)
X AN OLD HAND	195	(34)
XI TO GERMANY AGAIN	229	(8)
XII WAR CLOUDS GATHER	237	(32)
XIII THE ENEMY AT THE GATE	269	(16)
XIV THE YEARS THE LOCUSTS ATE	285	(16)
XV AFTERWORD	301