The book is a personal memoir of life in a Britain that no longer exists. In 1950 Britannia ruled the waves. Today we are in the EU. In 1960 lunch at a London restaurant cost 10 shillings (50p today) Beer was 5p a pint. Born in 1943, the author tells us about the rationing of food, clothing, fuel until 1952. How kids enjoyed themselves without TV or any consumer electronics: comics!) How he enjoyed excellence at Grammar school, and went on to become a drunken reprobate!