John Rigby-Jones read classics at Oxford and, after qualifying as a chartered accountant, worked in the healthcare sector for more than thirty years. Since retiring in 2015 he has written two well-received books about his grandfather, Eric Rigby-Jones: Best Love To All, published in 2017, about his service with the Liverpool Pals in the First World War, and Tintawn and Binder Twine, published in 2020, about his subsequent life and career in Ireland. This is his third book and is about his great-great-great-grandfather, Richard Lloyd, and his family in Victorian Liverpool.