1st Edition

Craftsman and Quaker The Story of James T. Baily, 1876–1957

By Leslie Baily Copyright 1959
148 Pages
by Routledge

148 Pages
by Routledge

148 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1959, Craftsman and Quaker is the story of one man’s life told against a background of the profound social changes of eighty years. Leslie Baily, well-known for his ‘Scrapbook’ and other historical radio programmes, extracted material from his father’s diaries and letters and presented it as a very human story through this book. James T. Baily began life in humble... Read more

1. The Sweet Smell of Sawdust  2. Children’s Heads are Hollow  3. Pubs, Puritans, and Patriotism  4. Cathedral City in the ‘Nineties  5. The Broadening Quest  6. From Brooklyn to Borstal  7. The Red-and-Black Star  8. The Malignant City  9. Mission of Peace  10. When Irish Eyes Aren’t Smiling  11. Mr Chips Finds His Home

Biography

Leslie Baily was an English journalist, and a writer and producer for BBC Radio from 1924 to 1946. He was known for his BBC Radio ‘Scrapbook’ programmes.