The Adventures of an Educated Cockney

Following on from 29 Angel: The Story of a Victorian Terrace in 1930s London and the People Who Lived There written by her father Stanley Gordon Tinsley Barbara Tinsley recounts her adventures growing up in Angel Walk Hammersmith in the 1950s and 1960s.Barbara's memoirs set against a backdrop of radical social change and the days of 'you've never had it so good' are at various times poignant uplifting moving and hilarious and provide a valuable glimpse into a time of tremendous upheaval in our country's capital.Echoing her father's boyhood adventures Barbara shows how he developed from a hardworking scholarship boy and young tearaway into a responsible husband and loving sensitive funny and adventurous father and companion.