The Accident Book

This book consists of 100 humorous and interesting stories that have happened to the author throughout his 70 years of life to date. He has endured many accidents which may well have killed most people but he has survived being given adult sleeping pills when he was two years old, nearly drowning in a fishpond at three, falling on his head from ten feet above the ground at five. He was struck by lightning whilst in a hole in the ground and he narrowly missed being blown up by a WW2 bomb. He has been shot, he crushed three vertebrae in his neck when he was thrown by a horse and nearly crashed his aeroplane. The book is intended to be read by someone who needs cheering up and thanking God how fortunate they are by not being anywhere near the author.

The author lives quietly in North Essex with his wife, Gill and, at the age of 70, he decided to write a book about the hundreds of unusual events and accidents which have befallen him from his birth to the present day. After leaving school at the age of 15, he worked in a printing works, an architect’s office, gravel production and heavy earthmoving. Although semi-retired, he still finds time to try and kill himself – accidentally, of course.