'Every night before tea we sat with our ears glued to the wireless, listening to the radio serials. That was back in the 1950s, before television arrived. I watched my first TV in a shop window. In those days, bread was delivered by horse and cart, and people had only just heard of rock'n'roll. Every Saturday afternoon I would go to the movie matinee with my friends and roll Jaffas down the aisles. Life was different then, but kids still got up to mischief.'
'When I Was A Kid' recreates the world of the 1950s from beach fashions to the exterior of a DC3, from the Giggle Palace at Luna Park to the threepenny bungers on Guy Fawkes' Night. It is a book for adults and children to share, a book that will prompt memories and questions about the past.
