Blacksmith's son, David Lunt, was born in Colne, Lancashire (UK).
This was one of the last places in the world where "Poor Man's Golf" (knurr and spell) was played. Having earlier written a biography about Australian professional golfer, Jack Harris, and having struggled to play the game of golf himself for over sixty years, Lunt decided that it was now time to understand how and where this obsession, which is shared by millions of nutters all around the world, had its genesis.
His findings were very surprising.
Equally surprising was the fact that knurr and spell had also been played in Philadelphia, USA in the early 1860s prior to the rapid growth in the game of baseball. But that may be a story for the future!