Derek Pritchett's account of earlier generations of his own family and extended family is meant especially to pass on information about common grandparents and their ancestors to the generation now being born and raised. Derek's stories span the generations and therefore reflect how our ancestors had to struggle so hard against the rigours of war situations, economic recessions and adverse living conditions to make progress in their search for a better life for themselves and their descendants.Derek's conclusion includes that an interesting part of the progress attained by our families over all this time has been the fact that the process has not been a ruthless pursuit of personal wealth, but a simple desire to achieve a better standard of living in general for all family members and in many cases, help others to progress at the same time.