Deadly Daylight Hauntings (ePub)

After leaving school in 1956 Ronald started work as an apprentice mechanic. Later he left the garage work and joined British Rail as a cleaner, graduating to Passed Cleaner/Fireman. But he left British Rail when the diesels began to take over from steam engines and firemen were no longer needed. He took on a position as tyre-fitter and also worked as a large van driver for a food distribution company, but when he was twenty-one he joined the RAF and became an RAF policeman. After three years he was medically discharged because of stomach ulcers. After working in a factory for a couple of years, Ronald got a job as an HGV driver and stayed in that role for a few years, also having his own vehicles on lease. But after finding he was just about breaking even, he got rid of them. He then did a short spell of continental driving but gave that up and returned to delivering around the United Kingdom instead. In his spare time he took up oil painting and had paintings displayed in the local gallery in Walsall. In 2005 his painting "A Gift from the Gods" won a place at the Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington, London. Travelling to London to receive his display certificate was a real thrill for him.

In 1972, even though he was working, Ronald had the idea to write a book. He started writing the script for the book in longhand, but after a few months he purchased a typewriter and taught himself to type. In 1999 he purchased his first computer and began the work on the book. The book was published by a vanity publisher who was a con man and in 2001 went into bankruptcy, leaving Ronald with a large amount of debt. Ronald carried on working as a HGV Class 1 driver, and then he had the book published again. But before the five-year POD contract was up, Ronald sent three e-mails to the publisher ending the contract because of certain behaviour of the publisher.

A series of strokes around Christmas 2001 had left Ronald partially paralyzed. He fought back to regain

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