Books with author John Clemenston

The second part of my life story, from when I left the sea in 1980 (and got divorced, married again and had a daughter!) to when I met my future third wife, in 1998.Gambling activities in Upper Norwood (where I wrote 'Down at the Bookies'), a mixed life in Camberwell, Brixton and Herne Hill - moving to Rochester, Kent; life as a Company Director, an Estate Agent GM, and unemployment disasters, before leaving my second wife (and my daughter) - Door-to-door canvassing in Hampshire, a Company Director again, then Bankruptcy and finally, I take a lodger who will one day become my new son-in-law!Interspersed with numerous photographs, like Book One, and (also iike Book One) with the fantastic News-lines feature, recording all the main historical events in the world, for every year!A MUST for those who like reading biographies.

Fickles Wood, bordered by a lovely, gently flowing river is home to countless animals. The book follows the fortunes of Eric the Squirrel, his wife and kids, Selina, Jack and Jemima and his best friend Dave the Otter. What problems are waiting around the corner? What dangers lurk in the woods and on Dead Man's Island? Join them as they learn about their world and help each other through exciting and scary times with a big dog, a fox and a trouble making ferret. An exciting and warm story about friendship brought to life with beautiful colour illustrations by Gerald Newton.

The First 40 Years of John Clement's autobiography - from September 1939 to October 1980 - and filled with memories, anecdotes...and more than 150 photographs (definitely a greater collection than in most Kindle books!).Son of a M&S Manager and born in Barnstaple at the outbreak of World War II; initially educated at Belmont College then moved to Folkestone and Westbrook House prep-school, followed by Mill Hill public school, before starting working life with Manifoldia, West Bromwich.Formulated early life in Walsall, then decided to 'sow wild oats' working in seasonal hotels in Torquay (with winters in the swinging London of the sixties).Then M&S junior management for two years, back to hotel management (including a senior post at the impressive Selsdon Park Hotel in South Croydon) and finally away to sea, circum-navigating the globe five times and providing a host of stories, some amusing, some quite terrifying!Indeed, one of the latter stories forms the background to a new Kindle book, hopefully to be published later this year, called 'My Dark Angel' - a true story which centres on a black taxi-driver who saved John's life by making him miss a doomed flight to Amman (the taxi-driver was never traced - was he really an Angel?) and moves on to the horrors of Sierra Leone during the late 1990s!Incudes a unique annual record of world events from 1939-1980