Born in Birmingham, England on 19th February 1943 and lived in Handsworth Wood,  Birmingham until the early 1960s 

An attempt was made to educate me at King Edward VI Grammar School Five Ways Birmingham. I left in 1959 shortly after the school moved from the location shown in the post card

In my early years my father took me to two locations; Pendine Sands and Snitterfield Airfield. . What I experienced there has had a continuing impact upon my life.

I was first employed by the GPO (now called BT for younger readers), the "highlights" included working on the WB400 Nuclear attack warning system and communications equipment for the UK Regional seats of government.

In 1964 I started working on computers with ICT (International Computers and Tabulators), first as a hardware engineer on ICT 1301 computers. (If the very mention of printer sprags, hardware sterling multiplication, Ampex 1" tape drives......bring tears to your eyes please contact me). Following the 1301, I then worked on 1904 and 1907 mainframes.
In 1969 I joined General Electric to work on GE600 mainframes, we were in turn taken over by Honeywell  then Bull, and then finally Steria in April 2002. In the 1970 to 1990s I specialised in the hardware and software of various Front End Processors. (Datanet 30, Datanet 355, Datanet 18X, GERTS, GERTS2, DNS...). I was involved a bit on the United States Military system  WWMCCS, as well as the ill fated SCOMP based Trawlerman Project for the Defence Intelligence Staff

I retired from Steria at the end of March 2003, my last role was in a training capacity, working on various products which include TCP/IP Networking, Unix networking, Windows NT, Citrix , Lotus Notes and bespoke software (for various UK government departments including the MoD). One of the subjects that I used to lecture on was Web page construction, but as I decided to aim for a fast simple site, so have resisted the temptation to add too much Java, JavaScript, animated gifs and other methods of adding spice to web pages..

I enjoy reading, painting and foreign travel, so I resent the amount of time that I wasted in traffic jams on London's North Circular Road when I worked in Brentford. I was also a member of Mensa after taking a series of tests in 1993.

I now live in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England with my wife Lesley who has put up with me since our marriage in 1969. Lesley is the family historian, I just play with computers.

Old "Biker" days
BSA Bantam and BSA C11
BSA A10 Road Rocket and Rudge Ulster

Morgan Three wheeler and camping with motorcycles in France

"Born again Biker" days
Honda CG125
Honda CB500
BMW R1100S

Isle of Man Tourist Trophy Races Programme covers