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    Cheeky Face
    Cheeky Face
    Cheeky Face
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    Cheeky Face

    By PeterDorney

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    Ten-year-olds Mickey Dripping and his pal Kenny Riley can usually
    be found sitting on the top steps of a couple of terraced houses in rainy
    Manchester, Pommieland.

    The story opens on the day the King died in 1952 and Mickey’s chain-smoking
    Yantee Minnie (Miss Woodbine 1950) tells the lads that his grannie is dead upset.

    Yantee Minnie is a potato peeler by trade (until she tries the role of a burnt cornflake flicker alongside Mickey’s dad at Kellogg’s ...last five minutes...) and arranges the family Coronation Party in grannie’s front room...by invitation only.
    Kenny’s wayward sister keeps running off with various men ...though upgrades her
    activities to include football and rugby teams ...thus bringing new meaning to ‘on the game’. His mum, meantime, takes in a few lodgers to help the expenses of caring for 8 kids and a non-working husband.

    All sorts of adventures unfold. These include...

    •The hunt for the missing budgie.
    •The front-room party to celebrate the new Queen ...
    and no Kenny.
    •A Catholic Priest comes after Mickey’s lapsed dad.
    •A new telly to watch the Coronation on...well, that
    was the intention before Mickey’s dad appeared.

    ... and much more fun...as Mickey plans to become a Pop Singer ...with
    Kenny as his ‘Manager’ and ‘Fan Club President’....membership count – nil.

    Its a laugh as events like the ‘Fake Hypnotist’ on the pier in Torquay
    are revealed ...as well as Mickey’s Yantee Mollie and her never-can-light fire and
    cats all called Mitzi.

    Mickey gets his head cut open by a brick thrown by a non-friendly neighbour...and
    his dad chases a burglar out of their house while holding just a night-light.

    It’s real...it’s true...it’s fun...it’s different...and it’s a good read guaranteed to make the reader smile for a very long time.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPeterDorney
    Release dateJan 21, 2015
    ISBN9789810797805
    Cheeky Face
    Author

    PeterDorney

    Born in Manchester, England, the writer grew up against a background of rainy avenues, cold weather and laughs. The decent, genuine and caring people of the time had much influence on our man as everything seemed to be viewed with a smile. Having lived and worked in many areas of the world Peter Dorney now lives in Singapore from where he writes novels under the 'Typical English Humour' genre. Two of his four books available on Smashwords are set in Singapore...another is set in Bali and the fourth in Manchester. Humour is the common thread throughout all the works...and anyone who enjoys English Humour will find his work an uplifting joy to read. Peter Dorney now heads laughingly into his dotage under tropical skies...while still churning out the laughs in enjoyable books, any of which would make a smashing film...or four.

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