Joan Park

Joan Park recounts her childhood years growing up in Liverpool from 1927 to 1936. The daughter of a ship steward and a housewife, she captures the atmosphere of ordinary family life in pre-war Britain .

Book 2 of the ‘Joan Park’ series. Sequel to ’86 SMITH STREET’ (8680). In this continuation of her memoirs, Joan takes us back to the early years of the War. The family have moved to a new housing estate on the edge of Liverpool and there are new schools and new friends to cope with.

Book 3 in the Joan Park series. Sequel to 'After 86 Smith Street' (8684). In 1953 Joan married Alex Park, eleven years her senior, and moved from Liverpool to Glasgow. Alex expected a stay-at-home wife, while Joan assumed she would carry on teaching. Here she describes their ups and downs over the decades from the 1950s to the present.

In this account of the various schools where she taught from 1942, Joan Park provides a humorous glimpse of the trials and minor triumphs experienced by aspiring teachers. Those who teach or have taught will identify and smile, and former pupils will recognise much that prompts their own memories.