Hereward became interested at age 8 when overhearing the
conversation of 3 men talking about a book. This was on a
trans-atlantic crossing in 1888 when coming to America the first
time, he was with his mother and sister. His interest turned
serious at age 18 when he soon joined the SPR and began
considerable letter writing to several journals, magazines and
psychical researchers. I am working on a Hereward Carrington
biography and have a blog about him.