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Dave's books are all available on Amazon.
Starting with his autobiography The Thirty Bob Kid
His story takes us from his birth to a single mum who worked in a Lancashire cotton mill and lived in a two up two down in a cobbled street through the many varied phases of his career from reporter to comedy writer to appearing in some of the UK's biggest soaps and television shows, including Coronation Street, Brookside, Watching, Heartbeat, Doctors and Emmerdale.
When he found out he was "different" at junior school, it had a profound effect on his personality which resulted in the short sharp shock of being locked in a police cell aged nine.
His Mam's ill-fated love affair meant that he never met his father who was his mother's boss at the wartime munitions factory where she worked on the dangerous production line known as the Suicide Squad.
He also never met his grandfather who mysteriously disappeared into thin air one day. He met his sister for the first time when he was nearly 40.
After leaving school, Dave worked in the madcap world of local newspapers then went on to work on the Manchester Evening News before leaving to pursue a career in comedy writing - eventually becoming chief writer for Ken Dodd then going on to write for other famous comedians. It wasn't all a barrel of laughs though, as he frankly discusses. A chance encounter led him into working as an extra on television, progressing to bigger and bigger parts and leading to many different roles in the nation's favourite soaps and comedies.
He talks about his Mam's sad decline into dementia as well as his encounters with fascinating and famous folk ranging from the Sex Pistols, Stan Laurel's valet, Rik Mayall, Les Dawson,Tommy Cooper and many more.
It's a book full of interesting and funny stories, laced with nostalgia and with a motivational twist.
Meet his eccentric family; marvel at his Mam's mind-boggling superstitions and some rather spooky events that can't really be explained.
Highlights include...
My life changing conversion in a Victorian police cell
My dad who never appeared
My granddad who suddenly disappeared
My sister who suddenly appeared
My Mam who slowly disappeared
My grandmother who wanted to drown me but later changed her mind
My fox hunt in Coronation Street and more
My abduction by aliens in Emmerdale
My unwitting part in advancing Gay Rights
My big bang incident with God
My time with the famous "sincere hypocrite"
My shattering revelation at primary school
My life as a 50's kid
My surreal scene with Rik Mayall in a smelly bog in Plymouth.
My meeting with a most fascinating man
My rooftop rescue by the fire brigade and other escapades
My dealings with famous people
And other stuff to titillate, amuse, edify and, hopefully, entertain.
Then there is Lanky Spoken Here!
Dave's legendary guide to Lancashire dialect, complete with "translations" As featured on an EMI album with famous newsreaders and performers. Lanky Spoken Here has made folk laugh all over the world, An ideal stocking filler for Christmas too.
To quote The Guardian, no less: " Mr. Dutton's mordant wit is a good match for his subject matter.So don't just sit theer. Download it, make a cuppa, put thi feet up and have a reet good lowf! "
The follow up Lanky Panky is also available as is his book of poems Lancashire Laughter and Tears.
Then there's his children's book Who Ate The Zookeeper?! The Zookeeper has vanished. Where has he gone? Has he been (whisper it...) EATEN??!!!Enter Ace doggy Detective Sherlock McSporran who will surely solve the mystery. Or will the animals have the last laugh?Find out if there's a twist in the tail in this very colourful and funny picture book with lots of laughs and quirky animals.
Click HERE for Dave's Author Page where all his books can be seen. Thank you.
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