Unlike me, after my only bottle of Brut aftershave had run out, it never smelt bad on a Saturday morning.

The only two essential criteria in the job specification for a breadboy were no thieving and no giving cheek to the pensioners. I’m sure you will notice themes that resonate in 2022, as we continue on the long road from violent past to present peace toward future reconciliation. Leslie was very holy but I realised that he must have had sex a few times because he had young children. I realised that this glowing commendation from Oul’ Mac would be hard to live up to but I was very ambitious and determined to continue my climb up the employment ladder. By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file.The narrative style is easy and sharp, with a colourful, humorous edge that keeps things lively and engaging. With its bold purple finish, the Wesco Breadboy bread bin will add a touch of sophistication to your kitchen worktop. On these mornings I would be wakened by the sound of a distant and dreamy diddledee ding, diddledee ding, diddledee ding. In 2014 Tony was asked to present the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Awards to young people from Northern Ireland on behalf of the Earl of Wessex.

Breadboy is set in Belfast against the backdrop of the Troubles but looks towards a brighter future for teenagers. My family were trying to keep us safe and I was trying to work out what it was all about, when all I was really interested in was my wee job, science fiction, Star Wars and girls. I can promise you Breadboy is like jumping into the TARDIS with Doctor Who and travelling back in time to Belfast in 1977. At least my paperboy shifts had been during waking hours, even if I had often delivered my forty-eight Belfast Telegraphs in the early evening darkness. When Breadboy Tony Macaulay was growing up on the Shankill in the 70s, the Troubles were ever-present and times were hard.Inevitably I sometimes pressed the wrong button or the provos pressed a very different button to blow up the electricity sub-station and the radio alarm didn’t go off at all. There's all of the humorous and cringeworthy moments that many of us had whilst growing up along with many cultural and musical memories that many of us experienced during a decade that defined many of us at that time. Macaulay even brought the American director on a paper round to give him an insight into the world of the old Belfast Telegraph paperboys.