I wish Mum was still alive so i could question her more on when she use to babysit him. All I recall her saying was that "He was a little Bugger". Now that was a very bad thing to say, "Bugger", as Mum never used foul language in any language she spoke(French and English). So I guess the word she used may have been very kind considering the life he led.
Salt of the earth for sure.
ad.