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Gervase Phinn

Author of The Other Side of the Dale

65+ Works 2,045 Members 47 Reviews 1 Favorited

About the Author

Gervase Phinn is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Honorary Fellow of St. John's College, York.

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Works by Gervase Phinn

The Other Side of the Dale (1998) 342 copies
Over Hill and Dale (1999) 221 copies
Head Over Heels in the Dales (1999) 204 copies
Up and Down in the Dales (2004) 154 copies
A Wayne in a Manger (2005) 139 copies
The Heart of the Dales (2007) 89 copies
The Little Village School (2011) 81 copies
The School Inspector Calls (2005) 61 copies
Dominic's Discovery (2004) 61 copies
The School Inspector Calls! (2013) 41 copies
A Lesson in Love (2015) 37 copies
Bad Becky (2004) 14 copies
Little Gems (2004) 14 copies
Tales Out of School (2020) 13 copies
A Load of Old Tripe (2009) 13 copies
A Bit of a Hero (2009) 11 copies
Little Angels (2006) 11 copies
Don't Tell the Teacher (2006) 10 copies
Mangled English (2013) 10 copies
At the Captain's Table (2022) 8 copies
Little Treasures (2007) 7 copies
A Class Act (2021) 6 copies
Bad Becky in Trouble (2005) 4 copies
Classroom Creatures (1996) 2 copies
Sweet and Sour (1986) 1 copy
Lizard Over Ice (1990) 1 copy

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kmgerbig | Apr 6, 2023 |
Very readable, but probably quite embellished
½
 
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Stanslong | 9 other reviews | Jul 13, 2021 |
Reads as a series of notes from the author’s personal experiences, interesting enough but not massively engrossing or captivating hence it took me awhile to get through. A few smiles but not especially funny and the conversations written in dialect are hard to decipher at times. I have a pretty neutral feeling over this book, it’s a time passer but not a page turner, probably most enjoyable if you have a personal connection with school life and/or the Yorkshire dales.
 
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jemima1983 | 9 other reviews | Jan 23, 2021 |
Memories can be good for the soul and Gervase Phinn has lots to share! Writing in his easy, cheery style Mr Phinn had me smiling at his anecdotes from family life, school days and Christmas - pure indulgence.
 
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Works
65
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½ 3.6
Reviews
47
ISBNs
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Languages
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