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I am a writer living in deepest, dark Devon. I am a Fellow of The Security Institute and a member of the Society of Authors and the Historical Writers Association. I retired from the Police service in 1997 having served for a little under 30 years in the Midlands as a detective including a secondment for several years at New Scotland Yard. I spent the following 20 years working in the UK Defence Industry countering the threats against sensitive UK information and assets from state-sponsored foreign intelligence organisations. Following retirement in 2017 I turned to my passion of writing, I was fortunate to have my childhood memoir, “Redditch – From the Chip Shop to the Batchley”, published in 2022. It tells the story of my growing up as a child in the Midlands during the 1950s and 60s. Ongoing projects include a wartime fictional story about a German spy embedded in a British munitions factory during World War II and a military history account that links the finding, in 2009, of an old weathervane fashioned in the shape of a wartime Lancaster bomber, and the downing, with all souls lost, of Lancaster JB453 on 3rd January 1944 during the bombing of Berlin campaign.
About Their Talks...
I currently deliver two talks. The first one relates to my book, “Redditch – From the Chip Shop to the Batchley”, and describes day to day life growing up as a child on a council estate in Redditch, Worcestershire during the 1950s and 60s. The second talk tells the story of the Lancaster bomber weathervane, mentioned above, and the links to the shooting down by an enemy night fighter of a Lancaster during World War II.
Fee:
My fee for talks is £100.00. Additionally, for travelling distances in excess of 20 miles, I charge a car mileage rate of 40p per mile up to a maximum of £50, or rail costs at standard fare rates. I make no charge for travel up to 20 miles.
