Terry Gasking was born at the start of World War II, evacuated, malnourished and impoverished he suffered poor health resulted in an education punctuated by very many days of absence such that his class mates, reunited in later years, had difficulty in recognising him as "one of theirs"!Terry's intelligence had been recognised by winning a place at Hackney Downs School, then a gleaming star in the educational firmament. The poverty he suffered throughout his childhood and teens led to a determination to work his way out of the circumstances of his birthTerry became a bus driver. From such a humble beginning Terry moved onto Accounting where his knowledge of mathematics resulted in him being put in charge of one of the first substantial minicomputers in the UK' He qualified professionally to lecture at University and a top Management College and then to writing influential books on economics and financial management. He then toured the world as an economic troubleshooter! Now retired he has his own publishing company assisting author's in the publication of their work as well as his own volumes.That's not a bad CV for a former bus driver who, along the way joined an amateur operatic group and learned to dance in their ensemble! Hold very tight please - this journey will take you through some unexpected turns!"