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21stCenturyGreenstuff is aged 59, currently living in Boston Lincolnshire. Divorced with two grown up children and three grandchildren. Currently writing my autobiography.

email address: renegadeuk@hotmail.com

[edit] Personal details and history

Born 2 February 1949, Birmingham England

Attended Woodlands Park Private Preparatory School, Weoley Castle, Birmingham 1954 - 1960

Attended Bournville Boys Technical Grammar School, Bournville, Birmingham 1960 - 1963

Moved to Penarth, Glamorgan, South Wales in 1963, attended Penarth County Grammar School till 1966

Ride driver at Barry Island Pleasure Park 1964 - 1967. - during weekends and school holidays

Refuse collector / Sewers 'Rat exterminator' for Penarth Urban District Council 1967. - while waiting for Civil Service placement

Tax officer for HM Inspector of Taxes Public Department 5, Ty Glas, Llanishen, Cardiff 1967 - 1969.

Part-time staff rock music correspondent and reporter for Axis Magazine 1968 - 1969

Part-time post observer, Royal Observer Corps 1965 - 1979 (Penarth Post 65-75, Llanishen Post 75-79)

Professional musician (Bass player) in various rock bands 1969 - 1975 (Firstborn, Nitetime Pipeline, Stone Idol, Spike, Ingroville, Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon, Interstate Roadshow, Leo Sayer Band, Kate Bush Band, Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band). After a 20 year sabbatical in the real world recommenced playing bass and singing in various amateur Lincolnshire based cabaret/pub rock bands 1995 - 2005 (Backtrackin', Deja Vu, Count me Out, Ring of Gold and Crimson Ice). Managed two young rock bands from Lincolnshire (Glass Onion and The Past)

Computer department Data Processing Manager for British Dredging Ltd, Cardiff 1975 - 1979

Part-time barman 1977 - 1979 (The Malthouse, Dinas Powis / The Captain's Wife, Sully / Cefn Mably, Penarth)

Cardiff Branch Treasurer, Association of Scientific Technical and Managerial Staff Trade Union 1977 - 1979

Member of the Welsh National Executive Council ASTMS 1978 - 1979

Member National Executive Council ASTMS 1979

Wholetime Royal Observer Corps officer -Branch of the RAF (Observer Lieutenant Commander) 1979 - 1992 - Served in 22 Group Carlisle, 31 Group Belfast, 16 Group Shrewsbury, HQROC RAF Bentley Priory.

General store owner and sub-postmaster, Keal Cotes, Lincolnshire 1992 - 1994

Vice Chairman West Keal Parish Council 1993 - 2001, Secretary West Keal Parish Charity Commissioners 1998 - 2001

Car Sales Executive, Sandicliffe (Ford) Motors Boston, 1994 - 1995

Financial Planning Consultant and Mortgage Broker, J Rothschild Assurance 1995 - 2001

Mortgage Adviser, Agency Mortgage Services Ltd, Leicester 2001 - 2005

Suffered three strokes and medically retired 2005

President UCLA Renegades Junior American Football Club 1996 - 2000,

Manager Great Britain Knights Junior American Football International Squad 1996, - Helsinki, Finland silver medalists

Chairman Junior Gridiron League of Great Britain 1996 - 1997,

Qualified game official with British American Football Referees Association 1998 - 2004

[edit] Wiki pages worked on, contributed to, amended or in progress:

Keal Cotes - built entire item from a two line stub

Glamorganshire Golf Club - sourced and built entire entry

Westbourne House School Penarth - major reorganisation and additions

Woodhouse Grove School - redesign and expansion

Firsby - total rebuild and major additions

Spilsby - total rebuild and major additions

Colin McCormack - sourced and built entire entry

Claudia Winkleman - deleting regular vandalism

King Edward VI School, Spilsby - created and built page

Skegness Grammar School - completely rebuilt the page

Stanwell School - in progress rewrite

Dinas Powys - major reoganisation and expansion

RAC plc - expanded history

Dolly Parton - minor amendments and deleting frequent vandalisms

Ray Smith (actor) - expanded article

Lisvane - some additions, added Demographics, reoganised layout and added references

Bomere Pool - created and built page

Hiroshima - minor corrections and deleted daily vandalisms

Little Boy - minor corrections and deleted daily vandalisms

Fat Man - minor corrections and deleted daily vandalisms

Dingle Road railway station - tidied up language and grammar

Ian Lavender - minor addition

Bournville school - total compilation

Bournville - added Rowheath paragraph and deleted vandalisms

Victoria Park, Cardiff - rearranged layout, added history detail

Canton, Cardiff - added history section

Shrewsbury - added several paragraphs

Bayston Hill - major amendments, additions and reorganisation

United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation - major narrative additions

Eric Lock - major narrative contribution

Barry Island Pleasure Park - major narrative contribution

Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach - added rollercoaster paragraph

Penarth RFC - complete build

Penarth - minor corrections and additions, deleted regular vandalisms

Penarth railway station - amended and added history

Lavernock - major additions and reorganisation

Sully, Vale of Glamorgan - major additions and reorganisation

Sully Island - added several paragraphs

Cosmeston Park - added background history

Cosmeston Medieval Village - total rebuild and rewrite

Marilu Henner - amendments and redesign, reversed several vandalisms

Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon - minor amendments (subsequently deleted by an editor)

Austin Matthews - added Penarth RFC link paragraph

ASTMS - added McKechnie paragraph

RAF Carlisle - complete rebuild and rewrite

Shakin' Stevens - major reorganisation and corrections to the article, deleted repeated vandalisms

Dave Edmunds - Added several paragraphs

Carol Vorderman - added a missing TV show to her career details, deleted regular vandalisms

Royal Observer Corps - changed an incorrect date of disbanding

Goosnargh - added ROC/UKWMO section

Options for Change - minor additions

Four Minute Warning - minor corrections

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