Life Was Very Simple. My Parents Had

I Enjoy Singing, And The Instruments Which Truly Move Me Are The Horn, The Trumpet And The Cello.

I Was Playing Rugby And The Other Games English School Children Do, And There Was An Event Which Was Planned In Which Races Were Run, And I Simply Just Won These By A Considerable Margin

Mothers, Unless They Were Very Poor, Didn't Work. Both Of My Parents Had To Leave Education. My Mother Had To Work In A Cotton Mill Until 18 Or 19, When She Took Some Training In Domestic Science.

Life Was Very Simple. My Parents Had Come From The North Of England, Which Is A Fairly Rugged, Bleak, Hard-working Part Of England, And So There Was Not The Expectation Of Luxury.

It's Amazing That More People Have Climbed Mount Everest Than Have Broken The 4-minute Mile.