Growing up in Botswana in the 1930s and 40s

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Spencer 'Ted' Nettelton grew up in Botswana during the 1930s and 40s when herds of wildebeest stretched across the horizon and locally shot game was part of the staple diet.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>In Volume I of his memoirs Ted describes the daily life of an adventurous boy living in the bush and the impact on his family when caught in the spotlight of international events.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>From the banishment of Botswana's King Seretse Khama - later elected Botswana's first president - to the birth of a new African nation - Lesotho - Ted and his family played integral roles.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Educated in Cape Town Ted followed his father into the British Colonial Service was posted to the mountains of Lesotho in the 1950s organised the country's Independence Celebrations a decade later and then served as Secretary to Lesotho's first democratically elected Prime Minister Leabua Jonathan with whom he enjoyed an enduring friendship.</span></p>