Bøker av Peter Knowles

Trapped underground after an explosion, can Ben, Harry, William and Sally find a way out of this devilish place or will it be their last resting place. Worsdale Mine in Yorkshire owned by Lord Greenbarugh employed 350 men, women, boys and girls some as young as 7 years of age. The mine only some 240 yards deep, being entirely lit by candles was not considered dangerous because it was well ventilated naturally by air being drawn into the mine through number '2' shaft which had no headgear and was situated on the hill 500yards from the main number '1' shaft. The miners were lowered underground by means of a cage suspended by ropes over the headgear and powered by a horse gin. At the time of the disaster there were approximately 150 workers underground.

The fictional story of a boy called 'Lad' growing up in the 1950's. Born into a typical working class family that already had two girls, one two years older than him and the other one year older, making him the only boy. Being brought up with two girls for ten years must have left its mark on him, for it seems to him and me at the time that he was always the one to get picked on whenever anything bad happened. His dad had a piece of pit belting, not a belt to hold up his trousers, a piece of conveyor belt about two inches wide and two feet long that he used to smack their backsides with, well his at least. I mean, I never recall his sisters being smacked and anyway he was always told that in his family 'Males do not hit females' So his sister's probably ended up with slapped legs and he was the one who got the belt on his backside and when his dad said "I'll leather thy arse till tha can't sit darn for a week" he meant it. The poor lad couldn't sit down for a fortnight never mind a week.

The sequel to 'Once Upon a Time in the Army' After John Sargeant (aka The Sarge) left the army the story is taken over by Rod, Billy and the rest of the crazy squaddies that Sarge left behind stationed with the Duke of Wellington's Regiment at Catterick North Yorkshire and Northern Ireland in the early 1970's. After lazing about on the beaches and in the bars of Hong Kong, it was a bit of a shock to find out they were now expected to work for a living. But what was Billy up to? What secret was he hiding? The crudeness of soldier's speech and behaviour is a well known fact and is represented in this novel, which contains details of a sexual nature and very strong language. Readers likely to find such representation disturbing or distasteful are warned. Some characters and events in this novel are based on real people and events, some characters and events are fictitious.I will leave the reader to make up their own mind about what is real and what is fiction.

A short story collection. Old Ebenezer The Gravedigger. Ebenezer had no family, he never married and having no family of his own he adopted the dead people in the cemetery and would spend many hours talking to them whilst performing his duties. Sonny's Swimming Lessons. Eight year old Sonny lives on the Molly Q motor canal boat, with his parents and older sister Maggie.Living on a canal boat, Sonny needs to learn to swim. The Sock. Left sock lost his friend and soul mate Right sock, will he find him again or will he end up in the bin. Dead Monks Shoes. The adventures of three kids growing up in the 1950's.Rita,Peapod,The Lad and Me go apple scrumping. Bonfire Night. The adventures of three kids growing up in the 1950's.Rita,Peapod,The Lad and Me prepare for Bonfire Night.

There were many letters written between Alfred and Rose but the letter he wrote to someone else would be the one he would regret ever writing. "We're engaged to be wed," said Alfred, putting the ring on Rose's finger before holding her at arm's length and dancing 'Ring a Ring a Rosy' round and round until they were both quite dizzy. "I'm going to tell the world," he said, running to the bridge over the river and jumping up onto the parapet he shouted at the top of his voice. "I'm engaged to be wed. I love Rosie Fitton." "Get down, you'll fall in the river," shouted Rose. "I don't care. I love you Rose Fitton and I want the world to know," he shouted again before jumping down and running back to her. He kissed her, then removing his bayonet from its scabbard he carved their names 'Alfred + Rose' into the tree inside a heart with the word 'Forever' underneath.

Nepal has become one of the world's top destinations for white water kayaking and rafting. This title includes information from many Nepali top river runners and contributions from celebrity international river runners. It contains detailed descriptions of major rivers of Nepal and over 2300km of paddling.

This is an inspiring, high quality guidebook for the South East of England. It is written for the recreational, non-specialist paddler and the trips are suitable for all kinds of canoes, kayaks, sit-on-tops and inflatables. The guidebook will also be useful for group leaders planning organised trips.