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Eileen MacKenney

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Born

in London, The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.borstalgirl.co.uk

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Genre

Biographies & Memoirs, History, Health, Mind & Body

Member Since

October 2011

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Born into a fog-ridden south London slum in 1931, Eileen Killick quickly learned to look after herself. Her brothers were wayward, her mum had TB and her dad was working all hours on the railways. By the time she was fourteen she had survived the Blitz, a spell in a care home and her mother's death, but she craved excitement, embarking on shoplifting sprees, liberating fur coats and rolling toffs up west with notorious 'queen of thieves' Shirley Pitts. Eileen soon found herself in borstal, put to work building roads like a navvy. Known as 'Kill', she had a reputation as one of the hardest woman behind bars. Then, in the 1950s she met and married career criminal Harry 'Big H' MacKenney, and she was soon fraternising with the toughest, most c ...more

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Hi ya everyone, just a little note to introduce myself, my name is Eileen Mackenney and I am the author of Borstal Girl its a memoir about my life.
I'm new to Goodreads so bear with me while I get to grips with everything - feel free to say hi and any advice on using the site would be greatly appriciated! Read more of this blog post »

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Published on October 22, 2011 00:25

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“Your first mistake may be your last - choose wisely”
― Eileen MacKenney, Borstal Girl

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