sted ▁Airport . ▁They ▁lived ▁in ▁W emble y ▁for ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁war ▁and ▁after ▁his ▁father ▁was ▁dem ob bed ▁moved ▁to ▁Fl ushing ▁in ▁Corn wall ▁where ▁his ▁father ▁managed ▁an ▁Elect rical ▁company . ▁His ▁first ▁memory ▁of ▁his ▁home ▁in ▁Corn wall ▁was ▁seeing ▁the ▁sea ▁at ▁the ▁bottom ▁of ▁their ▁garden . ▁He ▁spent ▁a ▁child hood ▁on ▁the ▁beach , ▁bringing ▁sea fo od ▁home ▁for ▁me als . ▁He ▁had ▁an ▁interest ▁in ▁boats ▁and ▁sail ing , ▁first ▁a ▁row ing ▁boat , ▁then ▁an ▁Enter prise ▁sail ing ▁d ing hy ▁that ▁he ▁built ▁himself ▁and ▁then ▁y ach ts . ▁On ▁at ▁least ▁one ▁occasion ▁he ▁attempted ▁to ▁rescue ▁people ▁from ▁the ▁sea . ▁He ▁won ▁many ▁pri zes ▁as ▁a ▁d ing hy ▁sail or . ▁He ▁learned ▁elect rics ▁from ▁his ▁father , ▁assist ing ▁him ▁connecting ▁far ms ▁to ▁the ▁new ▁national ▁grid . ▁They ▁also ▁went ▁down ▁mines ▁and ▁cl ay - p its ▁to ▁install ▁w inding ▁g ears . ▁The ▁village ▁school ▁he ▁attended ▁had ▁a ▁single ▁class , ▁and ▁teacher ▁Miss ▁Co pp ▁( unt rained ) ▁was ▁an ▁insp iration ▁to ▁him . ▁She ▁ad vised ▁his ▁parents ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁the ▁potential ▁to ▁attend ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Cambridge ▁while ▁young , ▁and ▁also ▁repr im and ed ▁him ▁for ▁his ▁early ▁difficulties ▁in ▁writing . ▁He ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁attend ▁Fal mouth ▁Gram mar , ▁and ▁travel led ▁to ▁school ▁by ▁boat ,