Publisher's Synopsis
First published in the 1970s, A LANG WAY TO THE PAWNSHOP has proved to be a true "GEORDIE CLASSIC". A LANG WAY TO THE PAWNSHOP is Tom Callaghan's autobiographical account of growing up in 1930s urban Britain. A child in a family of ten, two bedrooms and no wage earner. Life was not easy but it was far from miserable. Tom Callaghan's childhood experiences entertain and amuse. His memoirs provide an insight and understanding of what life was like for many, in a period of history that is still in living memory.
