"I spent my childhood asking questions about my family's past. This led to tales of Romanies, of the Northamptonshire Smiths, Loveridges, Scarrotts and Boswells. The discovery of Charlie Chaplin's birth in a caravan on the Black Patch. Then it turned to stories of the French Mazoyers and a watchmaker's shop in Soho. Evans and Wormull - surgical instrument makers to the army and government. The Bakers of Eastbourne and Herstmonceux. Seaside concert parties - Fred Austin's Merrie Middies. Then to war and Stalag IVb POW, buzzbombs and blackouts. The Snell family of Mortimer and the Arlotts of Watership Down. The Shields family of Peckham - pie, mash and poverty. Then to music - The Twilights and the Star Club, Hamburg. This information shared here was told to me directly from the mouths of those involved - who lived, breathed and experienced all of this".
- ISBN13 9780244954369
- Publish Date 10 December 2017
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 May 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format Paperback
- Pages 226
- Language English