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Tobogganing

Tobogganing at Christmas in Cheltenham You can repeatedly click the image until the full res version is sent to your browser

Autobiographical writing

back to chapter headings next chapter At one time I would have rejected all thought of writing an autobiography. I could not conceive for one thing that anyone would ever want to read what I was writing about myself. Indeed it was almost an axiom of good writing according to my understanding that the writer […]

Family Connections

Back to chapter headings previous chapter next chapter It is difficult to remember when for the first time it dawned on my that I had a surname. It is equally difficult to recall when I began to realise that my surname differed from those of my acquaintances. This of course is part of the whole […]

Early Years

Back to chapter headings previous chapter next chapter It is surprising how difficult it is to recall one’s childhood. In the earliest part of it very little stands out. What events impress themselves on the memory are often of small consequence for a proper assessment of one’s development. A few significant happenings may be worth […]