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My Memoirs

By John Yates (usually known as Jack)
Edited by his daughter Wendy.

Here are the Memoirs of Jack Yates, the son of Thomas Yates whose memoirs are published elsewhere on this site.
Reproduced by kind permission.


Contents:

Chapter 1: Birth & Schooldays

Chapter 2: Employment & Tickle-belly corner

Chapter 3: King of the Road & Courting time

Chapter 4: Wartime & A Close Call

Chapter 5: My Diary (Liverpool to Takoradi)

Chapter 6: Takoradi & An Even Closer Call

Chapter 7: Number 4 Section & the Big Day

Chapter 8: The Holy Land & A Surprise Meeting

Chapter 9: Return to Civilian Life

Chapter 10: A Boy, A Girl and some Faraway Lands

Chapter 11: The Final Episode

Also read "My Memoirs" by Tom Yates, John's father in the Tom Yates Memoirs book
also "The Skelmersdale I knew from 1906" by Tom's brother Joe Yates in the Memories book