<p>The author could have been any of the young kids growing up in the Lockyer Valley in the middle of last century. The events remembered in this memoir were the author's but could have been the experience of any of his friends. It is a light-hearted piece of social history - at home, at school and at church. It relives a time when life was simple, free of many of the pressures of the twenty first century. It may cause older readers to remember and smile; younger readers to be amazed that life could be so enjoyable. Learning to read and write, being rushed to hospital, lending a hand on the farm, getting dressed up for church and collecting birds' eggs are just some of the memories that the author shares with the reader.</p>