Poems From Walton

by Alan Parkin-Coates


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Softcover
£7.99
Softcover
£7.99

Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 26/07/2006

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 76
ISBN : 9781425930592

About the Book

Inspired by the behaviour and sayings of the author’s young children, this book draws on the influences of Edward Lear and Spike Milligan to bring to life fictitious characters from the author’s home village in West Yorkshire.

 

The poems, along with illustrations, are primarily intended to entertain children, though some do contain adult innuendos. If this book brings a smile to the face of the reader, then the writing of it will have been worthwhile.  A ‘must’ for the family bookshelf - buy now before they throw them all away.


About the Author

Alan Parkin-Coates, originally from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, held various positions spanning 32 years in both general and mental health nursing.  During the later years, he co-wrote scripts for the Trust’s Christmas pantomimes.

 

His first published work appears in ‘Voices’, a book to mark the closure of the former West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum, latterly known as Stanley Royd Hospital.  Alan also took some of the photographs in this publication.

 

Although this is his first published work in his own right, Alan has written thousands of poems, thousands of which have been consigned to the dustbin.