What can two young brothers build with a bucket, a few old rags, a sweeping brush and some washing-up liquid borrowed from Mam’s cupboard?

For Wayne and Mark, the answer was an empire.

A bob a wash—and half a crown for a truck!

Car Wash Chronicles is a warm and humorous journey back to a childhood when earning a few coins meant knocking on doors, getting your hands dirty and inevitably soaking each other in the process.

Between makeshift car polish, wobbly ladders, water fights and dreams of swimming, the cinema and a bag of proper-sized sweets, Wayne and Mark discover something far more valuable than pocket money.

They discover independence, brotherhood, hard work and the simple joy of making their own way in the world.

A nostalgic illustrated tale celebrating childhood enterprise, family, community and those wonderfully uncomplicated days when life needed no screens or apps—just imagination, laughter and a bucket of soapy water.

Written by Paul Baldry

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