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A
Boy from the Valleys
by
Raymond G Hicks
UK Price £9.99
$11.95 in US
Format: Paperback
Size: 6 x 9
Pages: 148
ISBN: 0-595-17625-9
Publication Date: Apr-2001
Autobiographical tales of a
young boy, growing up in the
South Wales mining valley in
the 1920's with adventure,
tension and humour.
Autobiographical tales of a
young boy, growing up in the
South Wales mining valley in
the 1920's.
From The Pontypridd
Observer on the occasion
of the book's launch in
August 2001:
Valley
author's net sale in USA
A FORMER
valley boy from Wattstown
now has the story of his
childhood for sale on the
Internet.
Raymond Hicks, aged 76, now
lives in Pontypridd, but is
originally from Hillside
Terrace, Wattstown, and
attended Porth Grammar
School.
LOOKING BACK:
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Valley boy
Raymond Hicks
has put his
childhood
story on the
net. He decided
to collect his
memories into a
book
appropriately
entitled A
Boy From The
Valley.
Mr Hicks got the
idea to write
his life story,
growing up in
the 1920's and
1930's, after
his
granddaughter
Claire asked him
to record their
family history.
"She said she
didn’t know much
about the old
days and the
family’s life so
l put it all
together, and
when it was
finished, I
thought, why not
get it into
print? It took
me about six
months to write,
and I had no
problem thinking
of things to
include. The
problem was
where to stop!” |
Fascinating
The book contains many funny
and touching memories from
his childhood about
parents, family and friends.
And it tells of some
eccentric and amusing
characters he remembers,
including a horse that could
tell the time!
Mr Hicks also spent 20 years
underground in the mines, at
Wattstown and Tylorstown
where he collected many
miners' stories.
Initially turned down by
Welsh publishes, who told
him there was no market for
his memories, he finally
stuck lucky with
Amazon.com.
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A
Boy from the Valleys
by Raymond G Hicks
