Publications
Thirty-three Years in the Trenches: Memoirs of a Sussex Working Man, by Peter Richards and compiled by Nick Osmond, published 7 May 2001 (224 pp., Oxford: White Cockade Publishing, ISBN-10: 187348710X & ISBN-13: 9781873487105) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:Born blind in one eye but never accepting a handicap, Peter Richards chose a hard life as a gas main layer on the south coast of Britain. This is Peter's story in his words. It is a compelling story of a working man whose words show the complexities of an ordinary person. His darker side is balanced by humor, wit, and a way with words that goes with sharp intelligence. Interwoven with this fascinating narrative of work is Peter's articulate account of his personal life-of marriage and raising children in cramped housing, insecurity, bread-winning, friendship, love, and fighting, of his passions for sea fishing and gardening.