Starting-point : Papa and Mama
More about Mama
Kindergarten, 1922/3
A grand time. Llandaff Cathedral School, 1923/5 (age 7/9) : The bicycle and the sweet-shop
The great mouse plot
A life without sweets
Going to Norway
The magic island
A visit to the doctor
The last lap. St. Peter's, 1925/9 (age 9-13) : First day
Writing home
The matron
Homesickness
A drive in the motor-car
The Maccano chariot
Captain Hardcastle
How I became a writer
Little Ellis and the boil
Goat's tobacco. Repton and Shell, 1929/36 (age 13/20) : Getting dressed for the big school
Boazers
Painful punishments
The headmaster
Chocolates
Horrid little boys and girls
Corkers
Fagging
That awful cold bath
Games and photography
Goodbye school. P.S : Excerpt from Going solo
A Dahl-tastic quiz.