Born in Sunderland, moved to London in 1937.Married in 1955, had 3 daughters, worked in London & enjoyed retirement until developing MG in 2002. Feb 2009 he was diagnosed with MND.He contracted a chest infection & admitted to Barnet Hospital on Sunday 14-02-2010.This degenerated to bronchal pneumonia & sadly he died Tues 16th Feb 2010 at 10.39 pm.