Born in Salisbury, Wiltshire in 1961, the son of a steam train driver, he left school at 16 and started work in the Post Office as a telegram boy. At 18 he became a postman. He left after 7 years, ...view moreBorn in Salisbury, Wiltshire in 1961, the son of a steam train driver, he left school at 16 and started work in the Post Office as a telegram boy. At 18 he became a postman. He left after 7 years, and followed his father on the railway. He is now retired with a railway pension and lives in Hampshire.view less