Friday, February 13, 2009. There are things from our childhood years that we will never remember and I guess that is what all those grown ups involved in our upbringing are there for. My mother tells me that one day while still a toddler in the Bronx, I climbed up to an open window and sat on the window ledge of our six story apartment building, happily dangling my legs and enjoying the concrete view across the way. Whatever danger lurked was beyond me and my puerile mind. We have no pictures of her and .

Edgar Wallace christened Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was born 1st April 1875 to actress Polly Richards. He was adopted at the age of nine days, by Billingsgate Fish porter Dick Freeman. He began his working life on Fleet Street at the age of eleven selling newspapers at Ludgate Circus. During his life he wrote many bestsellers. He made millions and yet when he died he owed millions. His books have been in print almost constantly since his death, currently being published in England.

Cereals Research Department, John Innes Centre. Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UH, England. Please use the new programmes where available. I am rewriting the other programmes rather slowly so if you need one desperately, please let me know. And I will try to speed it up.