This memoir relates the life of Bill Jackson who was born in 1916 in the coal mining village of Carlton, a central location in the 'Rhubarb Triangle' of West Yorkshire. Dearly loved by his family and many friends, unpretentious,dependable, grounded, Bill Jackson embodied the attribution of 'Salt of the Earth'. A man known for his sincerity, honesty, and generosity of spirit and for the joy he found and communicated to others, Bill's is a story worth telling.