If you grew up on a council estate in the '60s and '70s (regardless of where in the country it was), you'll recognise the characters and situations in this witty memoir

Yes this book is over just as it starts..yes it is a little jumbled...yes there is no real plot or character development and yes I laughed out loud for the first time in a very long time whilst reading a book! Like properly laughed out loud on more than one occasion. This series of short anecdotes is a little naughty and very funny. Graham Buckley does a great job at sharing these funny stories, from growing up on a council estate to away days with the football team to first jobs and workplace banter. I think this book would be even more so appreciated by people of a similar age as the author ( dare I admit I had to google Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep Lyrics) A lot of the tales reminded me of my crazy uncle who has a similar stash of hilarious stories from his own life, I may just have to buy him a copy to see what he thinks

This is a really short book of anecdotes from living on a council estate. It wasn't for me at all I'm afraid, I didn't think it was particularly interesting and its really badly written. I think I was looking for more social commentary or an insight into the author's life and it was just stories that would only appeal to be the people involved in them

For me this was a disappointment, it started off well with childhood memories that we all relate to being born in the 70's era. I think I was expecting something more in the bedroom of This is England, but this was just a bunch of things he'd done that he thought were funny, thrown together & called a book.

This was excellent - I literally laughed out loud so many times reading it.

Memoirs from a Council Estate had me putting my hand over my mouth at the scrapes and japes Graham Buckley and his friends got, in particular, the horse sugar incident really had me laughing.

A really easy and funny read.