- My life story
- Chapter 01 : My parents
- Chapter 02 : Everyday life at home
- Chapter 03 : Schooldays
- Chapter 04 : Dress, leisure time and religion!
- Chapter 05 : Dosing, bathnight and summer clothes!
- Chapter 06 : Crystal sets, “The Doctor” and “out to play”
- Chapter 07 : Electricity arrives, the village carnival and the ‘Fire Brigade’.
- Chapter 08 : Adventures in Manchester.
- Chapter 09 : Cycling with Dad.
- Chapter 10 : The “Big” School, the Library and the ” Institute”
- Chapter 11 : “Willy Arthur’s Vest”, my friends Milly and Audrey.
- Chapter 12 : The electric “wireless”, “Comics” and “The Pictures”.
- Chapter 13 : “Delusions of grandeur” and the village shops.
- Chapter 14 : Christmas and the Irish Sweepstake!
- Chapter 15 : Newspapers, hens, utilities, the railway and more domesticity.
- Chapter 16 : Pets, Shady Grove, Shipleys, the Saddlers and the vicar.
- Chapter 17 : A tour round the village.
- Chapter 18 : Leaving School.
- Chapter 19 : Among the dogs!
- Chapter 20 : It takes all sorts!
- Chapter 21 : Diamonds are not forever!
- Chapter 22 : Not for me!
- Chapter 23 : A happy time.
- Chapter 24 : Mum and Dad.
- Chapter 25 : Back on the farm!
- Chapter 26 : No more country life.
- Chapter 27 : ‘Out and about’
- Chapter 28 : ‘Enoch’s grand idea’.
- Chapter 29 : ‘Back to the autumn of 1939’.
- Chapter 30 : ‘Hard times’.
- Chapter 31 : ‘Shaping the future’!
- Chapter 32 : ‘The Jammies’!
- Chapter 33 : The Scent of Sweet Peas.
- Chapter 34 : ‘The threat of war and a few more dogs!’
- Chapter 35 : ‘The beginning of the end of a way of life.’
- Chapter 36 : ‘Changing times’.
- Chapter 37 : ‘Making the best of dark days’.
- Chapter 38 : ‘The possibility of defeat and the French invasion of Crewe!’
- Chapter 39 : A little interlude.
- Chapter 40 : ‘Getting involved with the Clarkes!
- Chapter 41 : Out and about again.
- Chapter 42 : ‘A very reluctant soldier!’
- Chapter 43 : ‘A lot of changes’.
- Chapter 44 : ‘Married!’
- Chapter 45 : ‘The war continues’.
- Chapter 46 : ‘D Day and after’.
- Chapter 47 : ‘New beginnings!’