I am English, born in October 1943 at West Ham east London England.

I received a good standard of education at junior and senior east London schools. My interests were mainly sports, art and metal work.

I played soccer as an amateur for a football club at Leyton when I left school but didn’t make the grade, and then worked as an apprentice in jewellery manufactures as a designer. I stayed in the London jewellery centre designing and creating fine jewellery until I retired last year.

My hobbies are travelling swimming golf soccer and now writing children’s books on my computer.