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The Necessary Aptitude: A Memoir by Pam Ayres (Paperback, 2012)

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The Sunday Times bestseller - a beautifully written memoir by Pam Ayres, one of Britain's most-loved personalities 'Next, I applied to work in the accounts department, a sealed room where women operated clattering machines like enormous typewriters. After I had catastrophically and erroneously applied all the wrong information to several trolley loads of documents and lumbered the staff with weeks of corrective work, I was shown the door by a tight-lipped manageress. I knew what was coming. Over the relentless, furious din of machinery, I lip-read the familiar words- Lacks the necessary aptitude. ' Pam Ayres' early childhood in Stanford in the Vale was idyllic in many ways, and typical of that experienced by a great swathe of children born in rural areas in the immediate post-war years. Though her parents' generation was harrowed by war, better times were coming. Everything the family needed was within walking distance in the village, and life with four older brothers and a sister in their crowded council house was exceedingly lively. In her late teens, Pam grew dissatisfied with her life as a Civil Service clerk with only the local 'hop' for scintillating excitement. Having seen three of her brothers called up for National Service and sent off to exciting destinations, Pam felt desperate for travel and adventure. She joined the WRAF and soon found herself in the Far East. There she began to write in earnest, and develop the unique talent that would make her one of Britain's favourite comics... Written with Pam's much-loved combination of humour and poignancy, The Necessary Aptitude is a beautifully written memoir of her early years.

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Publisher
Ebury Publishing
ISBN-13
9780091940492
eBay Product ID (ePID)
115573185

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Author
Pam Ayres
Publication Name
The Necessary Aptitude: a Memoir
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
432 Pages

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198mm
Item Width
126mm
Item Weight
314g

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Title_Author
Pam Ayres
Topic
Literature
Genre
Biographies & True Stories, Humor
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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