Michael William George Millman was born on 26th March 1933 in Plymouth the only son of William and Winifred Millman. His school days began at St Boniface School in Plymouth but due to the Second World War he was evacuated to Buckfast Abbey at the tender age of eight. Being one of the youngest pupils at the Abbey he was exempted from some of the classes and he took advantage of the extra time to go fishing with the monks.
In 1942 he returned to Plymouth and finished his schooling at Plymouth College. There is a record in his extensive archive that he took his first photograph in 1947. This year was quite a special one for Mike as he had become aware of a very young lady called Valerie Jane who travelled on the same bus as
