This book recalls the life and times of a small boy who grew to early manhood in Leeds, principle city of the English county of Yorkshire. The period 1939 to 1945 that became known as "The war that changed the world", forms the backdrop to this record about life and living as experienced by his family and millions of other English working class folk across the north of England who struggled through and emerged from the 'Great Depression' and 6 years of a worldwide war.