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Page 2 of 8 I didn’t like primary school, got a strap on the palm of the hand for trivial offences. At public school got the cane on my bottom by prefects and for not paying attention by a master called Kelly. I was also summoned before the Head in his study, a very intimidating man who gave me a severe dressing-down for refusing to join the school cadet corp. At this point, in my early teens I was a bit of a loner and already showing signs of being able to stand up for myself.
My mother died in 1930 when I was twelve and my brother went with a friend selling adverts in church publications. My father began seeing a lady up the road and a succession of housekeepers were employed to look after both the house and me. I didn’t take to some of the housekeepers and locked one in the coal cellar! I think I got a wigging from my Father for that!
I started learning to play tennis at around the age of 14 and was given special coaching under a county scheme for promising juniors. At 16 my father took me from school to a tutor to get me through matriculation. I passed on second attempt. I vividly remember the tutor's daughter leaving note asking me to meet her outside after my lesson. I was so scared that when I left I scurried off as fast as I could and avoided her whenever possible! The female form was a mystery to me not having any sex education-but I was soon to find out!
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