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Going Places (The Hopkins Family Saga, Book 5)

Billy Hopkins

It's 1950 and when Laura and Billy Hopkins return to Manchester from their honeymoon they're in seventh heaven despite the austerity that has been going on since World War II. But the euphoria gradually evaporates and they settle into a penny-pinching existence on Billy's teaching salary as babies and bills appear with alarming regularity. When Billy spots an advertisement for Education Officers in Kenya it sounds like the answer to all their prayers despite worries about the Mau Mau rebellion and the omnipresence of dangerous creatures. After much family debate Laura Billy and the junior Hopkins set off to Nairobi on a BOAC Argonaut and start on the biggest adventure of their lives.>

Billy Hopkins

Billy Hopkins (better known to his family and friends as Wilfred Hopkins) was born in Collyhurst in 1928 and attended schools in Manchester. Before going into higher education he worked as a copy boy for the Manchester Guardian. He later studied at the Universities of London Manchester and Leeds and was involved in school-teaching and teacher-training in Liverpool Manchester Salford and Glasgow. He also worked in African universities in Kenya Zimbabwe and Malawi. Billy Hopkins author husband and father of six died aged 83 in 2012.

Going Places (The Hopkins Family Saga, Book 5)

Billy Hopkins

Billy Hopkins

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