'I have just popped upstairs and counted 11 books on the history of the Albion. My very first book was West Bromwich Albion - Soccer in the Black Country 1879 -1965 by Peter Morris. I have always treated it as special. In whittling down the number of my books I have been trying to concentrate on fiction (not everything) as I know I will never read it again. I strongly resist getting rid of non-fiction if I can help it.

What are you reading at the moment? I am into Eavesdropping on Jane Austen’s England (Fascinating reading about life in late C18 and early C19 England. I am also reading a book written by a miller’s son in 1901. The farm was near where I grew up and it is fascinating reading just what the area was once like.