tankslapper – Great isn't it? You mean Roger the ship's boy?
Definitely not allowed these days!
Love old fashioned kid's books: Used to read Jennings, Bunter, Biggles, Famous Five, Ian Serraillier (The Silver Sword, There's no Escape) and Anne Holm (I am David) all the time as a small kid.
Also re read Erskine Childers' 'Riddle of the Sands' recently for the first time in 30 years, along with H Rider Haggard's 'King Solomons' Mines.'
Second childhood? Bring it on.