{"product_id":"a-grimsby-life-part-1-henry-the-ninth","title":"A Grimsby Life - Part 1: Henry the Ninth","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the late 1970s, retired Grimsby schoolmaster, Harry Goulding, wrote his memoirs, longhand, on sheets of paper rescued from a skip and they lay for many years in the safe-keeping of his grandchildren until they were transcribed into two books; the first (this book) detailing his childhood days up until the end of his college days; the second, ÔManÕs Estate,Õ chronicling his often-turbulent career as an eccentric schoolmaster in Grimsby.\u003cbr\u003e\nIn ÔHenry the NinthÕ we learn of the poverty of his childhood; the struggle to supplement his _d per week pocket money; the rat-catching and the pig-keeping; his annual trips on the trawlers; the yearning for independence from his domineering father; the family war over his grandfatherÕs will; his struggles at school; and his eventual and reluctant choice of profession, among many other incidents, happy and bitter. In addition, his story represents a valuable local history insight into life in the poor quarter of Grimsby in the early part of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harry Goulding","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44305729487009,"sku":"9780244926984","price":35.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/14qvynr4-front-shortedge-384_a620f8bc-5837-4611-b3cf-bce4e735e09b.jpg?v=1748220178","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/a-grimsby-life-part-1-henry-the-ninth","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}