Motorcycle mad and Local author Wilf Couldwell has published another fantastic read, he's created a humorous and engaging collection of short stories about everyday life spent as a young boy brought up on a remote Yorkshire farm.
Wilf was born and bred on his parent's Yorkshire farm in the mid 1930's and later married in Stocksbridge with his wife Anne and had one son, Stephen ages 39, they have just celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. Motorbike fanatic Wilf spent his younger years combining schoolwork, farm work and his hobby of motorcycles. This thoroughly entertaining memoir captures this period colourfully, with many different snapshots of how life was in the 1940's. The collection is called, 'Living at the back of beyond' and flows on perfectly from his previous work, 'A Decade with Wilf Couldwell and His Bikes.'
Wilf told Look Local: "I have been writing for a long time, mainly for motorcycle magazines and similar... I have possibly left it a bit late to enter into a new venture such as this, but I hope that the book will appeal to some of the people who live in South Yorkshire who still remember me from when I lived and worked in the area."
Wilf no longer rides motorcycles, but had completed and published two books whilst in his 70's and now lives in Llantilio Crossenney, South Wales. However, he still has strong links with Stocksbridge and the South Yorkshire area.
