The author was born in Selly Oak in Birmingham and went to school at Raddlebarn Road. He started work as a gardener before joining the merchant navy. He left when his father became ill and took a job at a girl’s grammar school where he met his future wife. After leaving Birmingham he moved to Daventry to work on housing maintenance and then in shopfitting. After working for the BBC World Service he took early retirement after major surgery. He then joined a narrow gauge railway in Rugby as a volunteer. This is his first book.
Claude Ball marries his childhood sweetheart and works in her father’s garage which he takes over when his father-in-law dies. After his wife dies he sells the garage, and becomes involved in the local naturist club which he then buys. There are problems with the local lads and the naturists take ...
