After the ill fated job at Colin Bells' Motorcycle shop I worked for a short while spaying american cars for Dave Cooper of Thorpe Hesley before joining British Rail as a train register lad in a special class signal box at Broomhill near Wombwell I stayed on the railway for about seven years reaching the position of class three signalman.

 In 1972 I took on a mortgage and that had me searching for a higher paid job and I went into engineering at International Harvesters in Doncaster.

My next work was in the building trade, where I worked for Peter Sanderson, Bramhall & Ogdens, and Watfords of Wombwell.

 The licenced trade was my next move in around 1978 I took the stewardship of the Thurnscoe Social and ExServicemans Club, then I moved down to Stamford Lincolnshire as assistant manager to learn the catering side of the trade before taking my own managed house "The Pheasant Inn" in Darlington.

Thanks to Margaret Thatcher and her recession I was made redundant as Samual Smiths decided to sell off or let to tenancy some of their managed houses, mine included.

 Just a short spell on the dole before taking a job in a gym as supervisor, this job helped me achieve my successes in bodybuilding, but the low pay soon made me decide to go self employed as a motorcycle courrier. 

 Due to lack of starting funds and constant cash flow problems the bussiness eventually failed and I took what was probably the best paid job I ever had. Painting forty foot trailers at "Whitehead Trailers" in Barugh Green Barnsley, but they went bankrupt so I ended up back in engineering at Sure Mine Products until three years later I was laid off again. the break up of my marrage and the death of my sister at the young age of thirtyfour caused me to breakdown and I have never worked since. My present wife Jackie was intrumental in getting me back on my feet but as we both knew as it would, it has taken a very long time.

 I now posses my ECDL and ITQ computer qualifications but finding a job at my age now seems impossible.

Thanks to my love of my wife and of cycling I am now keeping sane.

Myself as manager of the Pheasant Inn Darlington County Durham.

With a group of regulars.

 "I am centre front"