Michael Cassar
Mike was born at Flushing in Cornwall, just across the river from Falmouth. His father was in the merchant navy and, when his mother left him and his siblings, he lived for a short time with his gran, before going to Barnardo’s in 1944. Leaving there, he joined the Royal Navy and saw many different parts of the world before moving to Churchdown to join his father in 1959. His first rented house was in Barton St, and he had a succession of jobs locally and at Swindon before returning to Cornwall and then moving to Reading in 1980, when contact with his mother was re-established. Retiring in 2010, he returned to Gloucester to be near his family, moving into Charter Court in 2011.
Mike’s detailed memories are recounted with great honesty and good humour and, although I didn’t make much of an interviewer (Neil Faulkner was also present and speaks in one excerpt), it was wonderful to listen to his recollections.
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