Spike begins his 7th volume of memoirs in 1946, when on demob he returns to London and rationing to resume his career as a band musician Touring Italy, when the band does not get paid, they join the Communist Party to get a free plate of pasta Returning to Notting Hill, Spike goes solo and after several troop tours of Germany, turns to script-writing for radio He also teams up with Secombe, Bentine and Sellers, and the Goons are born