The longest period that the family spent in a single place was near Whitby in Yorkshire, but when Bill was five years old his father got a job at The Rutland Arms Hotel in Newmarket. Bill and his parents returned to live in the village of Cheveley about three miles to the east of the town where their cottage was beside the Cheveley village church.
Ang longest panahon na ang mga pamilya na ginugol sa isang lugar ay malapit Whitby sa Yorkshire, ngunit kapag Bill ay limang taong gulang ang kanyang ama got a trabaho at Ang Rutland Arms Hotel sa Newmarket. Bill at ang kanyang mga magulang ibabalik sa manirahan sa mga baranggay ng Cheveley tungkol sa tatlong milya sa silangan ng bayan kung saan ang kanilang maliit na bahay ay sa tabi ng Cheveley village simbahan.