Listen to Dennis speaking about why he felt inspired to pen his autobiography.
At 82 years old, Dennis Meredith, the former Mayor of Northampton has released an autobiography detailing his early traumatic childhood experiences.
He aims to inspire young people to overcome adversity.
The book, titled ‘My Life…. the way I see it,’ is now available on Amazon.
Dennis presented it today at the Northampton Museum and Art Gallery in the local sellers’ section.
In the memoir, Dennis opens up about the difficult experiences that shaped his youth including traumatic incidents that left a lasting impression.
One particularly impactful moment involved a surprise trip he thought would be to Waterloo Station.
“Without knowing what was happening I arrived at a social services home for neglected children. That was a traumatic experience experience I can never forget. As soon as a I realised where I was, I ran away.”
In the book, he shares incidents like avoiding school dinners because he had to sit alone. “People wouldn’t sit next to me as I was seen as a neglected child, so I never stayed for school dinners,” he recalls.
He credits his move to Northampton and meeting his wife as life-changing events that helped him rebuild his life and he went onto to become Mayor of Northampton at the age of 80.
His autobiography reveals his determination to turn his life around and to encourage young people facing difficulties that they can still turn their life around.
He says: “I wrote this book because I want to inspire young people facing difficult circumstances to believe in their potential and to show them that it is never too late to get on to a more constructive pathway in life.
Despite going through experiences I found traumatic, I went on to achieve many many things throughout my life I am proud of. That’s one of the reasons I wrote the book.”
The book was edited by a friend Peter Dietrich and is now on sale on Amazon: My Life the way I see it by Dennis Meredith.
