A renowned, rich philanthropist, Geoffry Wheatly Cobb saved and restored three of England’s historic naval warships, turning them into training vessels.
Over several decades he sponsored hundreds of youths to experience what he believed was the time of their lives.
Youths were Geoffry’s other passion; one he detailed with remarkable frankness in his private diaries. A rare survival, they represent a previously hidden history, and lasting record of those vanished days – days filled, as Geoffry wrote, with glorious faces and figures and joyous life.
Days Of Youth will be published in late 2025.