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Yvonne Bartholomew

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in Leeds, The United Kingdom

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I was a child of the 50´s; born and bred in Leeds in England´s industrial West Yorkshire. Years later, I realised I lived in a slum for the first 16 years of my life; traditional "back to back, 2 up 2 down" terraces (don´t know what one of those is? If you´re aged under 60, I don´t imagine you will. A "back to back" was, literally, 2 terraces of houses built together, so the back wall of one was also the back wall of another. And 2 up 2 down? Literally 1 room downstairs, that doubled as living room and dining room, together with a kitchen, and 2 bedrooms upstairs.). No bathroom. No indoor toilet (that was down the street away, and take your own toilet paper). No hot water. A Saturday bath was in a portable tin bath on the kitchen floor, fil ...more

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Yvonne Bartholomew Write through it! Seriously, even if I know what I´m writing is rubbish, just the act of getting words on paper solves the problem. It doesn´t matter …moreWrite through it! Seriously, even if I know what I´m writing is rubbish, just the act of getting words on paper solves the problem. It doesn´t matter how terrible it is - I´m going to edit it later anyway.(less)

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Yvonne Bartholomew This is such a personal question to answer honestly, but I´ll try. I have always - ever since I can remember - told myself stories. For years, I thoug…moreThis is such a personal question to answer honestly, but I´ll try. I have always - ever since I can remember - told myself stories. For years, I thought this was normal, that everybody did it. Sometimes, they could run for months, being picked up in a spare moment and added to. All in my head, you understand. Now, I take great joy in putting those stories on screen/paper.(less)

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	The Vulture on Paco´s Roof and Other Tales of Everyday Life on the Costa Blanca (Dreaming of Retiring to the Costa Blanca? Book 3) 3.94 avg rating — 34 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dreaming of Retiring to the Costa Blanca? Read This First: All the information you need to stop the Dream turning into a Nightmare - NEW BREXIT UPDATES 3.85 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dreaming of Retiring to the Costa Blanca? Vol. 2: Your New Life Starts Here really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Romancing the Rose - The Untold Story of England´s Forgotten Queen: "The English Royal Family´s Best Kept Secret" 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Need a New Knee? Don´t Panic! A Self-Help Manual for Before, During and After Your Knee Replacement Operation really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A New Life for Mrs. Darling: You Don´t Have to be Young to find Find Love in the Sun! really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Queen´s Romance of the Rose: The Untold Story of the Forgotten Queen of Richard the Lionheart 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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