One of Britain's best-loved actors has reflected on his time spent as a wartime evacuee in the Norfolk countryside.
During the Second World War, Sir Michael Caine was evacuated from south London to North Runcton, near King's Lynn, to escape the Blitz with his mother and younger brother.
In his upcoming memoir - Don't Look Back, You'll Trip Over: My Guide to Life - the 91-year-old reflects on the lessons he has learned throughout his life and career.
The Sunday Times, Sir Michael talks of the positive impact he the county had on his health: "Mum, Stanley and I ended up in a village called North Runcton in Norfolk.
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"In a weird way the Second World War was the best thing that ever happened to me — I basically lived on a farm for six years.
"All the food was what we nowadays call organic.
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"I had rickets as a kid, but I’m sure that all that good country air and food account for the fact that I ended up being six foot two."
In 2003, Mr Caine returned to North Runcton as the village commemorated him with a blue plaque at the former village school which reads: "Sir Michael Caine made his first stage appearances here as a wartime evacuee 1940-1944."
At the ceremony, the actor recalled his stage debut at 10 years old, where he played Baron Fitznoodle, the father of Cinderella's Ugly Sisters, in the annual village pantomime.
The laughs he received in the role encouraged him to pursue a career in acting.
His wartime home, a former Victorian schoolhouse overlooking the village green and church, was listed for sale in 2016.
Don't Look Back, You'll Trip Over: My Guide to Life will be published on November 7.
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