The author of "1963: A Slice Of Bread & Jam" reflects on his childhood experiences in a failing care system fraught with institutional sexual abuse and the humour and pranks necessary for survival.
A 12-month snapshot in the life of 7-year-old Tommy, living in poverty in Manchester's Hulme. Living with his siblings with an abusive father and negligent mother, in a single year Tommy falls foul of the welfare officers, the nuns, the police, and Myra Hindley and Ian Brady.
