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When we Got to the Top of Elm Grove

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Contemporary British Autoethnography

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When we got to the top of Elm Grove, without saying anything and without any sort of sign, we stopped and turned together to look back at the old town where we grew up. Silently and separately we took in the familiar landmarks from our lives. The Pier and the Pavilion and the shape of the coast as it curls out towards Worthing.

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Hayler, M. (2013). When we Got to the Top of Elm Grove. In: Short, N.P., Turner, L., Grant, A. (eds) Contemporary British Autoethnography. Studies in Professional Life and Work. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-410-9_2

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