Dedication

Colin was born into a family in Mansfield in November 1938, the middle child of seven children and to a mother ‘Hannah’ whom he adored. Family life was very poor financially to the extent that even soap was a luxury that they could not afford. This brings us to a little story of when as a very young boy, Colin had gone to school one particular day and had got called out to the front of the class by his teacher, he was very concerned because Colin looked as white as a ghost. The teacher asked him if he was okay and had he had breakfast to which Colin replied ‘yes sir I’ve had cornflakes. Colin had never seen a cornflake never mind eaten one! The teacher told him to go and get a drink of water which he did. He also rinsed his face and while looking in the mirror and realising even at that age what had happened. He had wanted to look clean at school so had washed his face with ACDO washing powder which had caused the pale look, he washed it off and went back to class to which the teacher replied, ‘That’s better lad’