Laurie Lee MBE, 82 (1914-1997) UK Author

Paul "Scruffy" Martin looks at the life of Laurie Edward Alan "Laurie" Lee, MBE, 82 (26th June 1914 - 13th May 1997) who was an English poet, novelist and screenwriter, who was brought up in the village of Slad. His most famous work is the autobiographical trilogy Cider with Rosie (1959), As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (1969), and A Moment of War (1991). The first volume recounts his childhood in the Slad Valley. The second deals with his leaving home for London and his first visit to Spain in 1935, and the third with his return to Spain in December 1937 to join the Republican International Brigades.