When I turned 11, when my brothers were 15, 16 and 18 years old, I had been tasked to carry
I talked about my experience of child labour in the hands of Higgins in a previous post, albeit in a
Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter – Mutterehrenkreuz In the post, “Child Labour in Post-War Britain”, I mentioned how I got to
As mentioned in the ‘Childhood Perils’ chapter, towards the end of the nineteenth century, my Great Uncle Hugh sacrificed his
Horse Chestnuts Given the prominent place of conkers in my boyhood, I’d like to briefly explain the history of conkers,
No governmental or police interventions could hope to eradicate the culture of ‘conkers’ – at least in the 1950s. As
Being four years older than me, Alistair was always my mentor in raiding exploits and other adventurous affairs. I always
As mentioned, I attended Culcheth Primary School along with my elder brothers, Alistair and Stuart who were four and five