Thank you for agreeing to provide me with information to support the research for my book. Without your help I would be unable to write a faithful account of the lives of people like my father who travelled from Britain to Central Africa in the mid-twentieth century and became, unwittingly, historical footnotes as the last generation of colonial settlers.

Please feel free to include as much or as little information as you wish. If you want to remain anonymous, please indicate so below. I should make it clear, to avoid any doubt, that anything you include may find its way into the book. If so, I promise to give you full acknowledgement as the source, and obviously I will make every effort to reflect your story faithfully and accurately without distortion or embellishment. I am not writing a piece of fiction.

I am passionate about the project and I very much look forward to hearing about the part your family played in this unique period of history.

With my best wishes

Tim Bull