FEAR – At an early age, I learned from my Grandfather Sneddon that a guiltless man need never be troubled by fear. What makes most people quiver other than the promptings of a troubled conscience? “Always be honest, upright and brave,” advised my grandfather, and with that in mind, I've always endeavoured to walk erect, my chin in the air. Spencer, on the other hand, stoops, hands thrust deep into his pockets.

Fear, it should be noted, is infectious. Billy Ure was largely raised by his grandmother, a foolish woman whose own choices were determined by irrational terrors. Today, her behaviour might have attracted the interest of clinical psychologists and been diagnosed as an obsessive disorder. At the time, though, it was attributed to superstition. Much of her belief system was absorbed by Billy who, to this day, won't wear a hat in the bathroom lest his head fall off.

 

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