The other day my wife said: "It's about time we sorted through the cupboard in the study". So we started - but it wasn't long before we came across an old loose-leaf folder. On opening it I got lost in reminiscences. It was the start of a project by my father-in-law to write his memoirs. We encouraged him because his stories were always fascinating. We helped him by typing what he wrote. He was taken ill and took to taping the scripts, which I tried to transcribe but I'm sure there are tapes somewhere which I have not typed out. I'm going to look for them. Unfortunately he died before he finished the story but what we have I am in the process of publishing on blogger.com.
Go to http://spitfireman.blogspot.com and read.
Perhaps it will not have the same effect on you as it has on me because you did not know the man. He was a God-fearing, ordinary bloke who cared about others and had extraordinary insights into life. His memoirs are not finished and never will be because they died with him. But you may consider that what is written down is worth reading.
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Fascinating to read; it seems very strange to read all this of a man I only ever remember as being "my Granddad", since that was of course how I'd always known him when he was still around. It's interesting to read and learn about his life long before he grew into the man we used to visit in my early childhood years.
If you do find any more of this, please do continue transcribing and uploading it! I look forward to any more updates, my one regret being that I know it'll eventually end on one final "To Be Continued", since the memoirs were regrettably never completed..
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