▁I ▁went ▁to ▁the ▁house ▁in ▁Stan more ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁brought ▁up , ▁and ▁his ▁mother ▁did ▁go ▁and ▁leave ▁him , ▁and ▁that ▁probably ▁had ▁a ▁much ▁worse ▁effect ▁than ▁he ▁real ised ▁on ▁him . ▁He ▁was ▁reading ▁by ▁the ▁time ▁he ▁was ▁four ▁and ▁he ▁went ▁to ▁very ▁good ▁schools . ▁High gate ▁was ▁a ▁very ▁good ▁school . ▁I ▁think ▁it ▁probably ▁was ▁a ▁fairly ▁lon ely ▁child hood . ▁… ▁He ▁could ▁be ▁very ▁pr ick ly ▁and ▁difficult , ▁or ▁he ▁could ▁be ▁very ▁char ming . ▁He ▁certainly ▁had ▁the ▁gift ▁of ▁the ▁gab ." ▁ ▁A ick man ▁was ▁married ▁to ▁literary ▁agent ▁and ▁children ' s ▁book ▁author ▁Ed ith ▁Ray ▁Greg ors on ▁( 1 9 1 4 – 1 9 8 3 ) ▁( known ▁as ▁' R ay ') ▁from ▁ 1 9 4 1 ▁to ▁ 1 9 5 7 . ▁She ▁author ed ▁Lem uel ▁( ill ustr ated ▁by ▁Peter ▁Scott , ▁husband ▁of ▁Elizabeth ▁Jane ▁Howard , ▁with ▁whom ▁A ick man ▁had ▁an ▁affair ) ▁and ▁Tim othy ▁Tr am car . ▁ ▁He ▁had ▁been ▁responsible ▁for ▁the ▁general ▁direction ▁of ▁the ▁very ▁successful ▁Market ▁Har borough ▁Festival ▁of ▁Bo ats ▁and ▁Y ach ts , ▁attended ▁by ▁more ▁than ▁ 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁visitors . ▁This ▁was ▁to pped ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 2 ▁when ▁he ▁directed ▁the ▁Water bor ne ▁concert ▁with ▁fire works ▁at ▁the ▁City ▁of