Winding Stair - From Morley Boy to Westminster Knight (Brooke Sir Rodney)(Paperback / softback) - diskuze

“Few, if any, public servants can match Sir Rodney Brooke’s 60-year record ... six decades of unbroken service acrosslocal government, the NHS, education, utilities and beyond surely give him a unique perspective...” – The GuardianSir Rodney Brooke has had an eventful life at the sharp end – thanks to a career that led him from 15-year-old school-leaver in Yorkshire to the corridors of power at Westminster... and all points in between. In The Winding Stair, his sparkling collection of memoirs, he takes readers through its highs and lows – beginning as areporter on his hometown Morley Observer newspaper and ending with a CBE, knighthood and honours from five more countries. In so doing, he reveals hitherto unknown details behind six decades’ worth of controversial headline moments and colourfulpersonalities. As a former chief executive of West Yorkshire County Council, he shares fascinating background intothe mysterious death of Helen Smith in Jeddah; the Bradford City fire, in which 56 people were killed; and the handling of the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper. As Emergency Controller in the event of nuclear war, he was told to shelter in a Pennine underground lair – and restoreorder as Geiger counters said to emerge. Read how Halifax invented the guillotine; why dogs could bark at night inOtley but not Ossett; how the law told householders in Huddersfield to whiten their doorsteps before 8.00am or be fined fiveshillings; and why the press camped on his Il
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