A Shropshire war veteran has launched his autobiography — almost 40 years after he first started it. But Albert Darlington, who was 80 on Wednesday, has had to change the name of the book, “The Apprentice”, to avoid it clashing with the BBC2 show.
It is now called “The D-Day Dodger”.
He had been determined to finish the book before his 80th birthday.
Mr Darlington has lived in Ironbridge since he retired almost 20 years ago and the launch party is being held at the Valley Hotel from 2pm to 6pm.
The book is being published by White Cottage Books Ltd, which advised Mr Darlington to change its name because of the Alan Sugar show.
He began writing the book in the 1960s and 70s but he was unable to type and so had to get his wife, who died in 2001, to help him.
But the book ended up being pushed to one side until the budding author unearthed his old notes about a year ago and discovered a new-found knack with the computer.
Mr Darlington served in the Italian campaign during the Second World War and the book describes his time abroad, as well as his earlier years as an apprentice in Birmingham.
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