For 5 years, between 1959 and 1964 I trained as an Industrial Designer and then took a PGCE, Post Graduate Certificate in Education – a one year teacher training course. Not wanting to enter education then I worked in Local Government and Museums as a Graphic and Exhibition Designer and after that for several years as a freelance designer. In 1983 I entered secondary education and eventually retired in 2005. My wife and I now live in Somerset in the UK.