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A Book at Bedtime

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The Hooligan Nights byCLARENCE ROOK abridged in eight parts by JOHN SCOTNEY
Read by Nigel Anthony (1) Young Alf was a self-styled hooligan, and the author made him the subiect of this portrait of the law and language of teenage gangland in London in the 1890s.
Although racy in style, this book Is also a serious attempt sympathetically to present and explain the mysteries and values of an under-privileged class. Producer GRAHAM GAULD long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Clarence Rook
Unknown:
John Scotney
Read By:
Nigel Anthony
Read By:
Young Alf
Producer:
Graham Gauld
Source: Radio Times

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