I was born in Dartford, Kent, in 1932. I stayed there until the age of seven. When the Second World War began I was evacuated to Essex for a while. Then I was evacuated for a second time, to Worcester, and then returned to Dartford again, where I stayed until I did National Service.
It was a comfortable existence. We lived in rented flats when I was very small. And then my parents bought a semi-detached suburban house, newly built in about 1936. Mick Jagger lived around the corner. He’s the same age as my younger brother. They went to the same school in Dartford.
It really was something that I hadn’t planned. Suddenly it was offered to me at the age of 13. When
