This is me!

I am a Man under authority!

This is a picture of my wife, Margaret, taken at our eldest daughter’s wedding in 2017.

Margaret and I were married at Sutton Baptist Chapel, Suffolk, on the 24th August 1974! (I was 21 and Margaret was 20)

We have four children, who are children no longer of course. We now have six grandchildren!

I like Motorcyles

My last bike was a BMW R1100RS, not unlike the one in this picture

Sadly, the bike and I parted company on the M25 in April 2008, when somebody (in a car, of course) changed lanes without noticing I was already there! It could have been worse – the bike was written off but I wasn’t!

When I told the boss I had saved up enough for a replacement I was told, in no uncertain terms, that my motorcycle ownership days were over! (I still have all the gear hanging in my wardrobe, though;-))

I Am a conservative Evangelical Christian

Difficult to find a picture for this one – so here’s a link to how that came about:

I cannot claim to have had a very auspicious start in life. My mother, who lived in Highbury at the time of my birth, was an unmarried Irish Barmaid. She had come to England to work. As far as I can work out, there was an understanding between her and a man called Paddy that they would marry but Paddy was away in Canada, working in construction. She met a blonde Dubliner called John and I was the outcome…read more