Sold to the Man with the Tin Leg (by Philip Serrell)

I was idly browsing a church book stall a few months ago when I spotted a book with the intriguing title, ‘Sold to the Man with the Tin Leg’. I had not come across the author, Philip Serrell, before; apparently he is a popular TV presenter nowadays. A quick glance at the back of the book suggested that it was in the style popularised by James Herriot. The author of this book was an auctioneer, and the book contained some of his amusing memories as a trainee.

So I paid fifty cents for it, and...