He was educated at Manchester Grammar School. Went to work in the family run carpet factory. During WW2 was in the Royal Engineers. When stationed in Belgium met Yvonne Lettanie in Mechelen. After they married they went to Manchester to live. On retirement he qualified as a horologist.
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