In the late 1970s, retired Grimsby schoolmaster, Harry Goulding,
wrote his memoirs, longhand, on sheets of paper rescued from a skip
and they lay for many years in the safe-keeping of his
grandchildren until they were transcribed into two books; the first
(this book) detailing his childhood days up until the end of his
college days; the second, `Man's Estate,' chronicling his
often-turbulent career as an eccentric schoolmaster in Grimsby. In
`Henry the Ninth' we learn of the poverty of his childhood; the
struggle to supplement his 1/2d per week pocket money; the
rat-catching and the pig-keeping; his annual trips on the trawlers;
the yearning for independence from his domineering father; the
family war over his grandfather's will; his struggles at school;
and his eventual and reluctant choice of profession, among many
other incidents, happy and bitter. In addition, his story
represents a valuable local history insight into life in the poor
quarter of Grimsby in the early part of the twentieth century.
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