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Les Jones

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Les Jones was born in Accrington, Lancashire, the only child of Charlotte and Thomas Jones.
Les left school at 15 and worked in several manual jobs before taking employment with a local engineering firm. After a number of years Les took a post with the Inland Revenue, where he stayed until returning to full time education, gaining a degree in Economics, plus undertaking further studies in computing.
Les became a secondary school teacher and also an evening school tutor, taking on responsibilities as Head of Department plus various administrative tasks. He also became involved in the examination process, eventually becoming Assistant Chief Examininer and Principal Examiner. Les moved into further education and taught in a number of colleges.
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Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

This book is an account of a working class hero, one Arthur Seaton. He’s weighed the world up has Arthur, at least in his own terms. ‘Don’t let the bastards grind you down’ is Arthur’s motto, and he lives it out to the full, from fornication with a workmates wife, to wild drunken behaviour in the local pub on a Saturday night, through to the more meditative practise of fishing on a Sunday, Arthur Read more of this blog post »
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