The poet of Richard III and Lost World now recounts his early memories with a linking narrative and many original photographs. Read of a magical trip to Cowdray Park and an idyllic childhood in the Haslemere countryside; of the death of the King, and naughty verses taught to him at school; of life in an east Manchester manse; a schoolboy's view of Jim Laker's cricket Test; of his great uncle lost in no man's land; and of other family members who died too young. Indeed, read about those innocent childhood years which have long been overtaken by today's technology: memories which can so easily be turned into poetry.