Footfalls echo in the memory : a life with the Colonial Education Service and the British Council in Asia /: a life with the Colonial Education Service and the British Council in Asia. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Verner C. Bickley.
• Other Names: Bickley, Verner
• Contents: Contents Illustrations AcknowledgementsForeword by Rt Hon The Lord Hunt of Wirral MBEForeword by Valerie Mitchell, OBE, Director-General The English-Speaking Union of the CommonwealthIntroduction Author's Note The First Step: 1 The Beginnings 2 Fun and Games 3 A Good Environment The Second Step: School Days and Conflict 4 The Grammar School 5 Came the War The Third Step: Navy Days 6 Wake Up! 7 The Holiday Camp and Worse 8 The Midshipman The Fourth Step: Back to Reality 9 Return to Ceylon 10 Back to Wales 11 A Study Regimen The Fifth Step: Singapore: Lion City 12 The Undelivered Message13 Friends and Acquaintances 14 Sarawak and Broadcasting Days 15 The Railway Victims 16 There Was Still an Emergency 17 Mount Pleasant The Sixth Step: Burma: Land of the Crested Lion 18 Intruders 19 Maymyo, Taunggi and Miss Gulliver The Seventh Step: Indonesia: A Multitude of Islands 20 Culture 21 P?nasihat 22 The Mob The Eighth Step: Japan: Land of the Rising Sun 23 Some Surprises 24 Tokyo Perspectives 25 Culture Learning 26 How English Works 27 CelebritiesThe Ninth Step: Hawaii to Hong Kong28 Return to the Service 29 Reflections References Notes Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Radcliffe Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (336 pages)
• Subjects: 370.92; Education -- Great Britain -- Colonies; Education -- Asia -- History -- 20th century; Great Britain -- Colonies -- Officials and employees -- Biography; Great Britain -- Colonies -- Asia -- History -- 20th century; Employees -- Biography
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857712677; 0857712675
• Related ISBNs: 9781848850859
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.