If Ken Chambers lived in or near Queens Park Road, and went to St' Luke's Terrace Senior Boys School in the years 1933 through 1936, then I was in the same class with him during those years. One of the things I remember about Ken, if it is him, was that Mr Pollard's class (I think) was enacting a trial in which I was a witness. Ken was playing the part of a solicitor and he asked me "are you hard up for 7s and 6d (which was the fee paid to witnesses)?" The implication, that I was only acting as a witness to get money, astonished me so much that I was speechless and had to stand down. I can't remember much about Ken except that he was tall, articulate, and well dressed, and I seem to remember he lived in or in a street that ran off Queens Park Road, perhaps near or in Carlyle or Arnold Streets. I wasn't a particular friend of Ken, though he may remember me as the bell monitor or prefect that used to ring the big bell in the bell tower above the entrance at 9 am, to signal that all boys should be in school, or be marked as late. My birthday is November 2, and we were forced to leave school at the end of the year in which we became 14, so I had to leave at the end of 1936. I became an apprentice at the Portslade works of Southdown Bus Company, and learned welding, which placed me in a reserved occupation when I became 18, at the end of 1940. Although I joined the RAF Volunteer Reserve, I did not get into the RAF for training as a flight engineer until 1943, when aeroplane manufacture became less urgent because supplies were coming from the USA. After the war I worked as an industrial photographer for Machinery Publishing Company in West Street, Brighton, then as an editor for the weekly Machinery magazine. In 1967 I came to live in New Jersey, in the USA, working as a technical editor, where I still live. I intend to buy Ken's book, which I hope will say something about St. Luke's, and would love to hear from him, or anyone else who was at St. Luke's when I was (we were). My e-mail address is regreen@juno.com, so please send me a few lines.

Help!!! I tried to order Ken Chambers' book, but Amazon cannot recognise either the title or the ISBN number you gave, Perhaps the book has not yet been released. If Ken sees this, and can organise a copy for me, I'd be pleased to send him a cheque (check) in US dollars, or could get my wife's cousin, Reg Hook, who lives in Patcham, to send a cheque in UK pounds. Hope to hear soon, regreen@juno.com

Editor's note: HERE is the link to the Amazon page which gives the book details and how to buy.