Starting in West London I was offered the job of an engineer at the Metal Box factory in Acton. I was almost but not quite twenty years...

One of the downsides of working at the Metal Box factory in Strood was getting there. Strood was about eight miles from home; once again,...

Fortunately, I became accustomed to"work" when I turned 16. Apart from occasionally being paid as a church choir boy for weddings, I...

Falling at the first hurdle I failed the Eleven Plus exam sometime during my final year of Primary School. I do not recall the exam or...