Poverty to Paradise

Poverty to Paradise by Rocky Mason is a story of courage fear deprivation and humour. There are times when you will laugh out loud and others when you will weep. It's the definitive autobiography of a man who has been there done that and still proudly wears the T Shirt. It's an eventful life of tough childhood wartime experiences a successful amateur boxing career of 69 straight wins in 87 fights only to move from Gumshield to Greasepaint and a life in showbiz working for the Holiday Camp King Billy Butlin. Drawing on a multitude of sources Rocky offers a compelling account of those six gruelling years 1939 - 45. Food shortages conscientious objectors head lice visits of the nit-nurse rationing nightly air raids and his own personal experience of evacuation to an atrocious boys camp. During what was a 30 year association with Butlins Rocky became a personal friend of almost every showbiz star in the country many of whom have contributed to this book. .