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    It Just Isn't Cricket
    It Just Isn't Cricket
    It Just Isn't Cricket
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    It Just Isn't Cricket

    By Cecil Johnson

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    This little book continues the story of the Lizzie, a tiny community around the site of the old coal mine of the same name in a corner of North West Durham. Its original stalwarts have long since gone, but, as a native of this village, I like to think that their spirit and resilience live on. Perhaps the indulgent reader would care to take this small volume in conjunction with one of my earlier offerings, "The Sum of Two Squares", thereby acquiring a fuller picture of this little mining community of years gone by.
    Cecil Johnson, March 2012
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTrafford Publishing
    Release dateMar 22, 2012
    ISBN9781466917651
    It Just Isn't Cricket
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    Cecil Johnson

    Cecil Johnson served as a secondary school teacher for forty years, twenty-five of which as headmaster of a comprehensive school. After taking early retirement, he now lives on his farm in County Durham. His main leisure-time interests include classical music and landscape painting. He also devotes much of his time to promoting the interests of the Clan Johnston/Johnstone Association (U.K.), holding the office of U.K. Commissioner to the Clan Chief.

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