Second hand bookshops and charity shops can be a joy sometimes, especially when you unearth things like this…
They become stories within themselves...
I wonder where John Michael Firth is now? Is he still with us ? Was he proud to have received this book from head master Mr. J Thope? Did young John eventally marry and have children, experience the horrors of the war, make lots of money or write a beautiful poem? Who knows. But I have the book that he touched all those years ago. One day it will leave my possession and story will move on to intrigue someone else. Here are some more pages...