New Books
Beyond My Wildest Dreams
Author David Teacher MBE
Publisher DT Publisher
Year 2016
ISBN 978-0-01-664361-3
Language English
Binding Softback
Pages 222
Size 220x142mm (8x5.5in)
Price £9.99
This book has the hallmarks of a very personal reminiscence, a private memoir. At 93 years-old, David has lived a remarkably long and varied life. His early years were spent in Palestine under the auspices of a Zionist grandpa and he had returned to Manchester, training as a motor mechanic when war broke out. He wasn’t old enough to join up immediately but when he did, he volunteered himself to be one of the first to land on D-Day. He was then at the Battle of the Bulge, and before demobilising, was driven through Buchenwald concentration camp. He says: “When I give talks at the Imperial War Museum and to schools and clubs I’m introduced as a D-Day veteran, but that it is only one day of history, a mere 24 hours of my 93 years and there is so much more.”
He is quite right, that day in June 1944 wasn’t his whole life. He had 72 years of happily married life with his wife Nan, a loving daughter Lesley, grandchildren and great grandchildren. After the war David, a lifelong cricket fan, ran a commer…
