As a teenager, G. Cooper entered the public service, an act he can only put down to youthful folly. For a lifetime he served the people with loyalty, determination and skill, then things began to go a little awry. He started to lose his sight, was crippled by arthritis, lost his job and thereby a good part of his income, most of his savings, his marriage broke up, and he handed over the family home, lock, stock and leaky barrel to his ex-wife (he'd never like the wall-paper).His sight was restored by the good old NHS, the nation's greatest treasure, which we should guard with our lives, and...more
