Just read book lent by Andrew Robinson and published by Hutton Press in 1985. I anticipated ‘Time’s Winged Chariot’ by T. Bernard Heald would be mostly ‘rosy glow’ recollections, which in places it is, but as it only covers the first 15 or so years of his life it is remarkably detailed and a useful source of evidence. His early childhood recollections are of living at South Ferriby sluice and of his father working on a dry dock (floating?) which existed at the mouth of East Drain in the early 20th century (plus photographic evidence). After the death of his father his widowed mother moved to a street off Holderness Rd., Hull, then on the edge of town. His schooling at Southcoates Lane school is remembered as well as having to leave at the age of 13 to supplement the family budget. His recollections of work as an errand-boy in town are most interesting as are his memories of working at Saltend in the early days of its development as a refinery and distribution centre.
Having been born in 1903 Mr. Heald just missed conscription by the D.O.R.A. legislation (see my pdf ‘Sidney Walter Clarke’ in the Publications section of this website) and his recollections end with the 11th November, 1918 celebrations in Hull.