Ronald Frederick Delderfield (12 February 1912 – 24 June 1972) was a popular English

English people

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 novelist and dramatist, many of whose works have been adapted for television and are still widely read.
He was born in Bermondsey

Bermondsey

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, London

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 in 1912 to William James Delderfield (c. 1873–1956). His father worked for a meat wholesaler in Smithfield Market, and was also the first Liberal to be elected to Bermondsey Council.