They were then accepted in the local school.
At the beginning of the summer holidays his parents visited him, and asked him if he would like to come home for a holiday, as there was no danger in London at the time. Fred said he did not want a holiday he wanted to come home for good. So it was arranged that he should a short time later.
Graffie put his belongings in a bundle and tied them to a stick Dick Whittington style and put him on a train to London, where his Mum was waiting for him at Paddington Station.