Michael Morpurgo was born in St Albans in 1943 and began his career as a primary school teacher. He is best known for his children’s novels, including “War Horse”.
Waiting for the milkman’s horse and the rattle of the milk bottles on Philbeach Gardens, in postwar London. I loved the smell of that horse, loved the way he looked down at me from a great height.
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