49 Uses For A Walking Stick

Walking sticks have had a bad press. For too long the walking stick has been portrayed as a workaday item of codgerism, a simple support for the aged and infirm.

Walking sticks have had a bad press. For too long the walking stick has been portrayed as a workaday item of codgerism, a simple support for the aged and infirm.

This is not the case. Possession of a walking stick opens up a whole gamut of opportunities beyond the simple 'leaning against' purpose. In 49 Uses for A Walking Stick Frank Hopkinson explains the variety of practical uses a walking stick can be put to, from flicking filthy slugs off a lawn and parting crowds to alerting a theatre-goer two rows in front that his rapid consumption of fruit bonbons is ruining everyone's enjoyment.

Illustrated throughout, the book also includes a miscellany of walking stick trivia, facts and figures and fun information.

About the Author

Frank Hopkinson joined My Guy magazine as a photo-story writer in 1980 eventually becoming editor in 1987 and Group Editor of My Guy, Loving and Look In! in 1992. He bought the titles from IPC Magazines in 1995 and continued to publish My Guy as a monthly until 2000. All of his living relatives have appeared in photo-stories.