“Michael is still one of my very closest friends and I don’t think I should bring up the story of his problem when acting at the Moulton Secondary School Drama Festival of 1957. Nevertheless, I do so - quite often, in fact. It would be really embarrassing for him if the whole episode ever appeared in print.”

This book recalls aspects of the lives of the authors and guest contributors from the 1950s onwards. The mixture of tall tales, autobiographical short stories and poems invoke the spirit of their lives and the places in which they have lived and travelled. The county of Northamptonshire features significantly.

As seven decades pass in the book, you will see how the world has changed, in terms of expectations and daily life, and also how people change. By turns funny, thoughtful, poetic and factual, the writing will transport you on the authors’ journeys. In a wonderfully nostalgic way, you will follow your own journey as well.