I left W/Hill in 1964 having spent most of my life at 24, Luke Terrace Wheatley Hill which is no longer there and now  a grassed over area. In 1964 I joined the Army and  served as a Musician in the Durham Light Infantry and Irish Guards Bands. I also spent a year at the Royal Military School of Music Kneller Hall. I returned to W/Hill in 1973 and for the next six years worked in various building roles for Easington District Council,during this period I  also played for Hammond Sauce Works Band in Shipley Yorkshire and the Ever Ready Band in Tanfield Lea County Durham. In 1979 I joined the Metropolitan Police and served in various roles for 22 years, one as a Royalty Protection Officer at St James Palace on protection duties for The late Queen Mother. I was also a Specialist Search Team Officer on anti terrorist and serious crime searches. On retiring from the Met I had a break and then spent a year working as a Manager for Transport for London Buses managing bus stations and the last three years as Assistant Macebearer/Chauffeur for the Mayors of Croydon.