Thirty-Three Years in the Trenches

Born blind in one eye but never accepting a handicap, Peter Richards chose a hard life as a gas main layer on the south coast of Britain. This is Peter's story in his words. It is a compelling story of a working man whose words show the complexities of an ordinary person. His darker side is balanced by humor, wit, and a way with words that goes with sharp intelligence. Interwoven with this fascinating narrative of work is Peter's articulate account of his personal life-of marriage and raising children in cramped housing, insecurity, bread-winning, friendship, love, and fighting, of his passions for sea fishing and gardening.