{"product_id":"the-amazing-travels-of-two-pauper-boys-9781037130243","title":"The Amazing Travels of Two Pauper Boys","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis story is part fact and part fiction is first of all about Edward Watkins who was born in 1903 and placed by his unfortunate sex slave mother into the care of the brutal environment of the workhouse in Crumpsall Manchester at a time when the government did nothing either medical or financial for the poverty stricken.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe left the workhouse at the age of 16 and was generously assisted into a better life by two excellent people. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen walking along one of the main streets in Manchester, he came across the Royal Marines Recruiting Office and saw his first opportunity to become self-dependent, although to join at that stage he falsely added a year to his age. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring one of his initial training exercises, he met up with Samuel Baldwin, and they immediately recognised each other from their workhouse days.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story is about their mutual and lasting friendship during their time travelling the world as marines during peacetime, creating harmony wherever they went, and later their traumatic wartime experiences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt also covers their marriages, children and later peacetime activities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Tetlow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Austin Macauley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.31d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781037130243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTetlow, David:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eDavid Tetlow was born in Rossendale, Lancashire, in May 1941. He left school at the age of 15 and worked as an engineer until 1967, when he joined the Lancashire Constabulary and later the Greater Manchester Police.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe married Joyce in 1963, and they now have a son and daughter, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He retired from the police in 1997 as a senior investigating officer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis first book Beware My Shadow was published when he was 77 years of age. He has written several books since, and now at the age of 85, he has produced this work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"David Tetlow \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":67804824535197,"sku":"9781037130243","price":31.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_119e79aa-b455-4a8b-8f58-879c25669111.jpg?v=1794384090","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-amazing-travels-of-two-pauper-boys-9781037130243","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}