Introduction

Ello ther',

Me name's Charlie. Charlie Feehan. I'm a 15 year old boy livin in Richmond. I live with Ma, my younger brother Jack and meself. My father died from the Spanish Flu a coupla years ago so I hafta fend for me family. When the undertakers came to wheel my father's lifeless body out to the hearse, it was as if they took my childhood with them. It's sorta tough to find food to put on the table and to keep the house warm, but I help out by collectin firewood scraps from the Fitzroy wood yard. And to keep meself warm, sometimes at night I like to run and keep warm. I take to the streets like a drunk takes to the bottle. I dun like school very much, I would rather just help out me family and be a good bloke like me father. Recently I heard about this opportunity to try out for a job with Squizzy Taylor, so I reckon I'll be able to pull it off ey. Runnin is my hobby and skill, I hope I get this job.

P.S: Ther's a picture of me taken by Ma when I was just a lil baby.