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    Dateless ARTICLES: Book One - Grimford Gleanings
    Dateless ARTICLES: Book One - Grimford Gleanings
    Dateless ARTICLES: Book One - Grimford Gleanings
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    Dateless ARTICLES: Book One - Grimford Gleanings

    By Michael Powell

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    Set in a fictitious region of Yorkshire, 'Dateless Articles - tales of Yorkshire wit, grit and feckless folk ' is a series of amusing anecdotes concerning a group of young hopefuls from the working-class city of 'Grimford' who climb out of their deprived backgrounds to life in the pleasant and sophisticated environs of the cathedral city of Melcaster. Book One is entitled 'Grimford Gleanings' with Book Two 'Melcaster Monologues' to follow.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMichael Powell
    Release dateApr 2, 2016
    ISBN9781310321696
    Dateless ARTICLES: Book One - Grimford Gleanings
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    Michael Powell

    MICHAEL POWELL was born in Yorkshire in 1939. After a short career as a classical counter-tenor recitalist he spent thirty years as a university arts administrator. Married, with three children and grandchildren, he and his wife live in retirement in rural Cheshire,

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