Memoirs... From a Council Estate

This was excellent - I literally laughed out loud so many times reading it.

Memoirs from a Council Estate had me putting my hand over my mouth at the scrapes and japes Graham Buckley and his friends got, in particular, the horse sugar incident really had me laughing.

A really easy and funny read.

Yes this book is over just as it starts..yes it is a little jumbled...yes there is no real plot or character development and yes I laughed out loud for the first time in a very long time whilst reading a book! Like properly laughed out loud on more than one occasion. This series of short anecdotes is a little naughty and very funny. Graham Buckley does a great job at sharing these funny stories, from growing up on a council estate to away days with the football team to first jobs and workplace banter. I think this book would be even more so appreciated by people of a similar age as the author ( dare I admit I had to google Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep Lyrics) A lot of the tales reminded me of my crazy uncle who has a similar stash of hilarious stories from his own life, I may just have to buy him a copy to see what he thinks

If you grew up on a council estate in the '60s and '70s (regardless of where in the country it was), you'll recognise the characters and situations in this witty memoir

An edgy realistic book taking the reader through a harsh but real read ... at times shocking tales of growing up

Well, this book appealed to me having grown up on a council estate myself, albeit decades later....getting into many a mischief similar.

Ok so the book isn’t written as a literary masterpiece. There are no chapters, and there are too many commas.......however..... it is Rip-roaringly funny, nostalgia inducing and entertaining. It hasn’t been written to become the next Pulitzer Prize winner, just a pure recount of the author’s childhood days and a recount of the funny escapades he got up to with his mates.

I was laughing out loud until I cried in so many places! The author certainly has a knack for telling a story and genuinely I was chuckling away so much that my husband kept asking me what was so funny and to read bits out to him. The book only took me about an hour and a half to read, and is a genuine, hilarious and raw recount of some of his best and wildest moments. I feel like I would love to join Graham down the pub for a pint, and laugh till I cried at his stories. If you want a hilarious and nostalgic trip down memory lane, to entertain you even for an hour then this will definitely cut the mustard. I was going to award three stars but I laughed so much I’ve upped it to a four. Thanks Graham !

This book was laugh out loud funny. I loved the authors interjections that were a bit a-la Wayne’s World. Even though I grew up in America many years after this English story takes place I could still find myself relating. This is a great quick read that will have you laughing and wishing their was video footage of the exploits.

Growing up in a council estate myself, these memoirs gave me plenty to laugh and reminisce over. I read the full book in one sitting. So why only three stars? The stories jump from one place to another with no dates, times etc and this can be a bit confusing at times. Still a quick, fun read!

I love the way that he went chumping
For bonfire night
Then the people that was in one school and he got some friends
Then he was older he got a job with a clothing company
I loved the book
I had an ARC

A quick and easy read about living on a Huddersfield council estate. The vivid glue like memories of being a council estate kid. Easy to read and would recommend.

A great trip down memory lane, funny but scary too. We must have been nuts. This book had me in stitches and i read it pretty quick.