The Big Nickel

In the first volume of his autobiographical history Colin Clay shared the events of his early life from 1932-1952 as a schoolboy near London, England before and during the second world war and later as a soldier in the Korean war. His second volume, covering 1952-1959 tells of his life as a student at university and seminary, his marriage, the births of two children, his ordination and parish life near London and the family's emigration to Canada. This third volume introduces the reader to their fresh experiences in a new country and Colin's pastoral and academic ministry in Sudbury, Ontario (The Big Nickel was a centennial project). The family settled happily in the parish and social life of the city and Colin added teaching at Laurentian University to his responsibilities. Colin, Barbara with their four children also traveled extensively across the country. and many summer camping adventures are to be found here. Significant events that touched the world occurred in the 1960's and a number of them, such as the Cuban missile crisis, are appropriately described in this book and will doubtless stir memories among many of its readers....