Charley Farley and the Last Steam Train - Softcover

Bill Kerr was born in Strandtown, a suburb of East Belfast. His family lived in a little two bedroomed house in Dundela Crescent, adjacent to Dundela Avenue; only yards from the first former childhood home of Bills literacy hero, Clive Staples Lewis.

The Kerr family then moved to the outskirts of Dundonald village, when Bill was only two years old. Their new family home was situated barely half a mile from the old railway network, depicted in this novel.

Bill's childhood days were spent attending the local village primary school, also mentioned in the storyline. At the age of eleven he transferred to Regent House Grammar School, in Newtownards.

This growing market town, situated on the most northerly tip of the Strangford lough shoreline, was to be his next home, when he married, and moved from Dundonald in the summer of '78.

He still lives on the outskirts of the town, along with his wife Jennifer, daughter Kathryn, and son Ryan.

Bill describes himself as a 'Stumbling Christian', relying entirely on his faith to guide him in every aspect of his earthly life. He also has a deep love for children, having been, among other things, a youth leader and soccer coach for over thirty years.

This is his first children's novel.