Stuart John MillsBorn on the 22nd September 1942, the author was brought up with an impoverished family of eight living in a three-bedroom miner's house, sharing a bed with two up the top and two at the bottom, with no central heating and having to try to sleep on th floor covered by an old, smelly, itchy, horsehair blanket which left you with rashes on your body, legs and arms. Food being in short supply during the Second World War led to many arguments amongst the parents, but were seemingly resolved at the end of each day. And so, life as it was, proceeded on a day-to-day basis. Read More Read Less