The book travels through Sid's life from his birth in 1926 when he was born into a world of poverty, through returning from the second world war to find out that life had still not improved for the likes of him. Despite this he has always taken on life with a cheerful determined attitude, taking it as it came. Streetwise at eight years old and turning a penny or two he fought his way on to seventy eight through a series of adventures and travels. Then he decided to take on the world of computers and write this lively book.

He is not a well educated historian but a working man with a story to tell. He crosses paths with the rich, with politicians, and quite a few rogues. There is laughter and pain but Sid carries on as most Cockneys do with a juanty smile and a purposeful stride. Don't miss a book with a difference.