Returning to the original post, sort of, relating to Gum Boots and Pearls. I've just managed to get this for 1p plus P&P from Amazon. Finally! I read it cover to cover in 3 hours and recognised more than one or two people (not personally of course!). What got me is that some things change but hell, some don't!

It's in the downstairs bog now, where it belongs (by kind permission of Annie Jones).