OK, if Iâm completely honest, since Iâve been quite ill just before my half-century, at the end of 2016, I realised that I hadnât ever got around to passing on the stories of my childhood to my children; that cluster of experiences and characters from my past that have âhelpedâ me become the person that their father is today. Memories of a childhood in late 60s and 70s Llanelli is considered within, though theyâll possibly be of no consequence to others, I hope that my girls find them of interest. This entanglement of belonging and of being are what has made me who I am and how I am. Iâve never written a book before, though Iâve created one many times and at many stages of my life in my head. English is not even my mother tongue. Welsh has and always will be more comfortable for me, though Iâll try to make Dr Martin Rhys, my English teacher, who I both revered and feared at Ysgol y Strade, proud.The childhood memories noted here are true from my perspective. Any factual mistakes are there because thatâs how I remember them happening. None of the content is aimed at upsetting anyone, but Iâm sure it will. âQue sera, sera,â as Myngu Norman used to say. Iâve kept some personal stuff out, which if included, would create a fuss and shadow all my recollections. Iâve lived with them long enough as it is, though they may surface unintentionally in my writing. Enjoy the reading, and enjoy the memories â Iâve enjoyed organising them into some sort of order, so that my children may understand why I am as I am, and for people that know me to have the option of crossing the road when they see me heading towards them!Lastly, after youâve read the book, consider this quote from Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) in his memoirs The Summing Up in 1938: âThere is an impression abroad that everyone has it in him to write one book; but if by this is implied a good book then the impression is falseâ.
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