I’m in the final phase of writing my second book. Here’s a short extract from one of the chapters

“In the middle of August, 1945, I went to Westcliff with Avis – a girl I had become friends with at the youth club. On our first day there I met Leslie in an amusement arcade. He was also there on holiday and asked if we would meet him at a dance that night. We agreed and, as they say, the rest is history.

Before we arrived in Westcliff, on August 6th, a nuclear bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima killing at least 140,000 people. Three days later a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki killing another 74,000 people and injuring many, many more. On the 14th of August the Japanese finally accepted defeat and on the 15th of August VJ – Victory over Japan – Day was declared. It was a wonderful time of celebration and a great end to our holiday. The war was finally over.”

Mum and Dad were 18 when they met on that holiday. They went on to have 65 wonderful and adventurous years together.