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BORN IN 1952 IN THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF WHITECHAPEL IN THE EAST END OF LONDON. I GREW UP TO MY LATE TEENS LIVING IN STEPNEY AND CANNING TOWN. I OBTAINED A PASSION FOR STEAM TRAINS HAVING SEEN THE DEMISE OF STEAM TRAINS IN THE LATE 60's EARLY 70's. ALWAYS REMEMBERING THE STEAM GOLDEN ARROW AS IT STEAMED BY THE FARM WERE I STAYED WITH MY DEAR NAN & GRANDAD. WHOM USED TO TAKE ME HOP PICKING WITH THEM IN THE LATE 1950's AND EARLY 1960's. WOW WHAT A GREAT TIME I HAD DOWN ON THE HOP FARMS AROUND GOUDHURST AND PADDOCK WOOD IN KENT. WATCHING TRAINS GO BY. RAIDING THE ORCHARD NOW AND THEN WITH THE OTHER CHILDREN WHOSE MUMS AND DADS WERE IN THE HOP FIELDS. LIFE WAS SO UNCOMPLICATED THEN…...I SOMETIMES I WISH I COULD TURN THE CLOCK BACK. MOVING ON. MY FAMILY MOVED TO CANNING TOWN. LONDON. THIS WERE I STAYED TILL I LEFT LONDON IN THE EARLY 1970'S AND MOVED TO THETFORD, NORFOLK WHERE I HAVE BEEN LIVING TO DATE WITH MY WIFE ANGIE. WHOM HERSELF IS A AMATEUR ARTIST. DRAWING IN PEN AND INK AND SPECIALIZING IN OLD ENGLISH COTTAGES AND SCENES, I ON THE OTHER HAND SPECIALIZE IN TRANSPORTATION SUBJECTS MAINLY RAILROAD LOCOMOTIVES. MY PRINCIPLE INTERESTS ARE HEAVY ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES, ARTICULATED LOCOMOTIVES AND AMERICAN INTERURBAN LOCOMOTIVES. |
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