I read a lot of books as a child, especially history, fantasy and science fiction. What lad doesn’t love science fiction! As an adult, I wanted to find out more about the legends of the area and more about the real people too... people whose stories have been lost to time. I even found one of those stories in my own family, the story of my Uncle Gerald which inspired me to write Gerald’s War. What a journey that has been.
So here I am now, writing away and there are more books on the horizon. I spent time as a police detective, I was a teacher of maths and physics, I worked in the NHS and then was a photographer for years. I could tell a story a day about these things, but one thing at a time hey!
All I ask is that you watch this space for more to come… the creativity is bursting to get out of me.
The Blenheim Boys
‘The devotion and gallantry… are beyond all praise. The Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava is eclipsed in brightness by these almost daily deeds of fame.’
Winston Churchill on the Blenheim Crews - Prime Minister’s Personal Minute, M.852/1, 30 August 1941