A CHARACTER
CHUCKLING JOE, by Crichton Porteous; Phoenix House, Ltd., through A. H. and A. W. Reed, Ltd., 12/6. OE chuckles, but he’s a man to be taken seriously. He belongs to a Peakland dale in Derbyshire, and most of what counts up there belongs to him. Dialect, too. "So ’e were sent ta a college where ’e were gooin’ ta learn it aw. ’E went there for ’ears, and then ’e took one o’ th’ farms as theer is: up theer,. but could ’e mak’ it pay? Could ’e ‘eck! This ’ere college farmin’, it’s worth nowt." If Joe were alive tadee(sorry, today!) he’d be 81; and when. Crichton Porteous last saw him-over the last 30 years Porteous has been recording Joe’s sayings and has filled out most of his life-Joe hadn’t yet been to London, though he had once been to Blackpool and several times to Manchester. A good bedside book, but more
than merely that.
L.J.
W.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 790, 10 September 1954, Page 13
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160A CHARACTER New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 790, 10 September 1954, Page 13
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