The author performed clerical work in London during the Blitz, immigrated to Kenya after the war, and worked as a hide and skin buyer, surveyor and as a labour manager. He enlisted in the British Army, served in Egypt and, upon release, returned to East Africa. There he was employed on a coffee estate, in the desert locust control, the police, became an itinerant trader and worked for the veterinary department, and as a farm manager. He then immigrated to South Africa where he opened a delicatessen and eventually retired as a director of an insurance company. He now lives in Ireland where his...
The author performed clerical work in London during the Blitz, immigrated to Kenya after the war, and worked as a hide and skin buyer, surveyor and as...