{"product_id":"9780995619081","title":"A Piper's Tale: Memories of an Apprenticeship at Barrow Shipyard 1965 to 1970","description":"\u003cp\u003eBased on a memoir plucked from his family history, A Pipers Tale records the impressions made on a teenager as he makes his way into the thorny world of shipbuilding. A world in which the author, during the 1960s, witnessed the change from traditional shipbuilding - where vessels were constructed with a minimum, but adequate, level of technical support via long established trade practices and skills - to the cutting-edge of science-based projects as the Shipyard at Barrow-in-Furness became a ‘Leader in Marine Technology’ with the making of sophisticated warships and first-of-class vessels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso covered, whilst saluting the Yard’s Plumbing Fraternity, is the writer’s amazement at the wealth of characters and personalities. With a dramatis personae of which any Dickens aficionado would be proud, the book dips into levels of humanity never before explored in a local industrial history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanley Henderson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50088285995248,"sku":"9780995619081","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780995619081","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}