RALPH OTTEY was born in 1924 and grew up in Little London, Jamaica before joining the RAF during the war. After the war he remained in the UK, living and working with his family in Boston, Lincolnshire.

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• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgements Foreword Introduction Part 1: Little London, Jamaica and Me, 1924-1944 1. Growing up in Little London 2. My family and home life3. Leaving school and preparing for war Part 2: In the Royal Air Force, 1944-1948 4. To England for training 5. Learning a trade 6. To Lincolnshire I go 7. Love and the Gliderdrome 8. Preparing for civvy street 9. To Jamaica and backPart 3: Life in Boston from 1948 10. You'll never get a job here 11. Cricket, cricket, cricket 12. The early years of my wholesale career 13. Into the 'Swinging 60s' 14. Jamaican homecoming 15. Wholesale expansion 16. All change again 17. Retirement and after

RALPH OTTEY was born in 1924 and grew up in Little London, Jamaica before joining the RAF during the war. After the war he remained in the UK, living and working with his family in Boston, Lincolnshire.

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• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgements Foreword Introduction Part 1: Little London, Jamaica and Me, 1924-1944 1. Growing up in Little London 2. My family and home life3. Leaving school and preparing for war Part 2: In the Royal Air Force, 1944-1948 4. To England for training 5. Learning a trade 6. To Lincolnshire I go 7. Love and the Gliderdrome 8. Preparing for civvy street 9. To Jamaica and backPart 3: Life in Boston from 1948 10. You'll never get a job here 11. Cricket, cricket, cricket 12. The early years of my wholesale career 13. Into the 'Swinging 60s' 14. Jamaican homecoming 15. Wholesale expansion 16. All change again 17. Retirement and after