I often tell people that the Abbey Church Yard was my front
garden, for those who don't know my family had a newsagent in the yard which we
lived over.
Yes that's me on my MOBO HORSE (A 1940's toy metal horse
that walked as you pushed the pedals down) and I could be left to play in
safety, though I was taken to the police station in Orange Grove once by a well
meaning lady.
My language skill were very limited then (not much change
there then) and all I would say to the police was Popski Farr (a family abbreviation
of windy pops) they phoned my Dad and said "Sam we think we have your son
here" and fed me chocolate till he turned up.