People of Portsmouth: The 20th Century in Their Own Words Style:Paperback Spencer started a journal to

Spencer started a journal to prove his innocence

from the Yorkshire Evening Post to the Daily Express

yet his family roots lie in the railway town of Horwick six miles to the south where he served his apprenticeship at the Locomotive Works there during the 1950s

succeeding the famous John Surtees

Jonathan Wood is a renowned motoring journalist

People of Portsmouth: The 20th Century in Their Own Words Style:Paperback Spencer started a journal toTHIS remarkable, in depth oral history of the 20th century in Portsmouth offers a fascinating insight into the experience of life during the recent past. The many voices that have been recorded provide an intimate, authentic portrait of Portsmouth and its people. Chapters focus on the key stages in personal life stories, on childhood, courtship, sex and marriage, family life, old age and death. Reminiscences of World War Two are especially poignant,