Personal 'TimeLine'
A list of significant dates and events during my lifetime - most happy, some sad but that's life!
A Timeline of events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| May 1956 * | Born! |
| Sep 1961 * | Started at Christ Church, CofE Primary school, Redhill street, London NW1 |
| Mar 1967 * | 8th St. Pancras Scout Group (until 1972) |
| Sep 1967 * | Started at Haverstock School, Chalk Farm |
| Oct 1970 | 48 (F) Squardon, Air Training Cadets |
| Jul 1971 | Scout cruise to Scandinavia |
| Jul 1972 | Left School |
| Sep 1972 | Started work for the Post Office Telegraphs Office |
| Sep 1973 | Started as a DJ at New King Lud |
| Apr 1974 | Working at Global Village |
| Apr 1975 | Passed driving test (car) |
| Sep 1976 | 1st Visit to Canada |
| Oct 1978 | 1st Visit to Isle of Man (with Phil Cranfield) |
| Dec 1978 | Granch died |
| Jan 1982 | Passed motorcycle test |
| Apr 1982 | Took possesion of Kawasaki Z000 J2 |
| Jun 1983 | 1st trip to IoM TT on bike |
| Jan 1985 | Work in Tokyo |
| Jan 1986 | Mum & Dad moved to Wales |
| Aug 1986 | Sweden (Stockholm) for Bob & Sarah's wedding |
| Jan 1987 | BT Engineers strike |
| May 1987 | Met Mark Liptrot |
| Oct 1987 | James Crane - 1st nephew - born |
| Nov 1988 | Nan Died |
| Feb 1989 | John Morton (uncle) Died |
| Aug 1989 | 2nd visit to Canada |
| Sep 1989 | VAX training at MCI in New Jersey, USA |
| Dec 1989 | Bought flat from Council under 'Right to buy' scheme |
| Apr 1994 | Bought house in Isle of Man |
| Sep 1997 | Bruno, Mark & I bike around Ireland |
| Sep 1997 | Broke Leg |
| Oct 1998 | Bike to Italy with MarkL. Rod & Amanda as support car |
| Nov 1998 | Met Alan |
| May 1999 | Pop Died |
| Jul 2000 | Hernia operation |
| Oct 2001 | Team Lard in Iceland |
| May 2002 | Visit NW200 with Mark, Elaine & Trevor |
| Oct 2002 | Team Lard visit Barcelona |
| Mar 2003 | Las Vegas for Amanda's birthday, Visit to San Fransisco |
| Apr 2003 | Best man for Mark & Elaine |
| Jan 2004 | Team Lard visit Dublin |
| Apr 2004 | Italy for 6 Nations with Rod & Amanda |
| May 2004 | Marshalling at TT |
| Nov 2004 | Visit to Tallin, Estonia with Paul & Angela |
| Jan 2005 | Trip to Australia |
| Jul 2005 | Mum & Dad's 50th Wedding anniversary |
| Jan 2006 | Paid IoM mortgage |
| Jan 2006 | Hernia operation #2 - Left Inguinal |
| Apr 2006 | Mary Morton 70th Birthday in Pitlochry |
| Apr 2006 | Dundee with Mo |
| May 2006 | Took over as Chief Sector Marshal, Sector 5 |
| Jul 2006 | Paul Murphy Died |
| Nov 2006 | Ray Crane (uncle) Died |
| Mar 2007 | Visit to Krakow, Poland inc. Auschwitz & Berkenau |
| Jun 2007 | Easton family in IoM |
| Aug 2007 | Retired from BT!! |
| Oct 2007 | Visit to Norway/Svalbard inc. Oslo, Tromso & Bergen |
| Dec 2007 | Exchanged contracts on London Flat! Sold! |
| Dec 2007 | Moved from Scafell (London) to Isle of Man |
| Apr 2008 | Penny-Keep's in IoM |
| Sep 2008 | Joined IoM TTMA board of directors |
| Jan 2009 | First visit to Shetland |
| Feb 2009 | Aberdeen with HGB & Jennie |
| Feb 2009 | Glasgow with Sandra & Stevie |
| Jul 2009 | Ireland: Westport, Clare Island & Ennis with Alan |
| May 2010 | Blandford museum and Beer Festival |
| Jul 2010 | Oban, Outer Hebrides, Ullapool & Glencoe |
| Sep 2010 | Westport & Ennis |
| Sep 2010 | Resigned from board of TTMA |
| Nov 2010 | Samsung Galaxy-S I9000 |
| Nov 2010 | Samsung Galaxy-S I9000 |
| Mar 2011 | New bike - ZX6R |
| Jan 2012 | Started Gym! |
| Feb 2012 | Sold KTM LC640 |
| Mar 2012 | Scourie, MarkB's 50th |
| Apr 2012 | New Kitchen |
| Apr 2012 | Rod & Amanda's - Summerlees cottage (Ashford) |
| Jul 2012 | Frank with Olympic Torch in Swanage |
| Aug 2012 | Brownsea Island |
| Sep 2012 | Last Moyles R1 breakfast show |
| Sep 2012 | Jude in IoM |
| Sep 2012 | KEC & Sue in IoM |
| Feb 2013 | Farm work with Wattersons (Chris & Aaron) |
| Feb 2013 | Garden Drainage & raised Veg bed |
| Mar 2013 | Snowed-in in St John (Ballacosnahan farm) |
| Jun 2013 | New Bike - KLX125 |
| Jun 2013 | Mum Died |
| Sep 2014 | Bude with Rick & Sue Cooper |
| Sep 2014 | The Rock, Waterrow revisited - not great! |
| Jun 2015 | Visit to Campbeltown, Isles of Arran & Bute |
| Sep 2015 | Chris Moyles returns to Breakfast - on Radio X (was XFM) |
| Sep 2015 | Elected as Chairman of TTMA |
| Sep 2015 | Lancaster with KEC & Sue |
| Feb 2016 | Colonoscopy! Nice |
| Apr 2016 | First trip to Scarborough with Shaun & Hayley |
| Apr 2016 | Marshalling at Olivers Mount, Scarborough |
| Apr 2016 | New Bathroom in Onchan |
| May 2016 | Corfe Castle beer festival (at station) |
| May 2016 | Started receiving BT pension!! |
| Jul 2016 | Visit to Trowbridge with Alan & Romsey with Martn & Vicki |
| Jul 2016 | Visit to Hemel Hempstead to meet Dave & Elaine Lee and Chris Brown |
| Aug 2016 | New Patio doors fitted |
| Sep 2016 | Scarborough & York |
| Oct 2016 | Liverpool with Andy & Amanda. Western Approaches museum & 'the cask' pub |
| Jan 2017 | New floor in back room |
| Mar 2017 | Ribblehead viaduct (Station hotel & Old Hill Inn) |
| Apr 2017 | Barry Island with Dad |
| Jul 2017 | Chelmsford beer festival - working |
| Sep 2017 | Glasgow, Crail & St Andews with Sandra & Stevie |
| Sep 2017 | Stirling, Callender, Fintry. |
| Sep 2017 | Broke glasses & cut face in Crail! |
| Oct 2017 | Martin & Vicki in IoM |
| Oct 2017 | Liverpool/New Brighton/Chester with Andy & Amanda |
| Nov 2017 | Salisbury/Andover with Alan |
| Mar 2018 | Caton & Kirkby Lonsdale |
| Jun 2018 | Visit Lutterworth |
| Jun 2018 | National Memorial Arboretum |
| Jun 2018 | Ray Dorman's 80th birthday party |
| Jun 2018 | Visit Gloucester |
| Jul 2018 | Chelmsford Beer Fest (2nd year!) |
| Sep 2018 | Stepped down as CSM Sector 5 |
| Sep 2018 | Visit Norwich |
| Sep 2018 | Visit Bristol (Lee & Chris) |
| Oct 2018 | Stepped down as TTMA Chairman |
| Nov 2018 | Dorchester with Alan |
| Feb 2019 | New Internal doors |
| Feb 2019 | Visit Slaidburn & Clitheroe |
| Mar 2019 | Bought Hyundai i10 car! |
| Mar 2019 | Lee Penney in IoM |
| Apr 2019 | Visit to Lundy Island |
| Apr 2019 | Porthcurno |
| Apr 2019 | Army Air Museum |
| Jun 2019 | Installed Log Burner |
| Aug 2019 | GBBF with Bushys |
| Aug 2019 | Summerlees Woodstock party |
| Aug 2019 | Harrogate/Otterly |
| Sep 2019 | Isle of Whithorn/Mull of Galloway |
| Oct 2019 | Dad Died |
| Dec 2019 | Visit Glasgow |
| Feb 2020 | Visit Mount Pleasant/Merthyr Tydfil |
| Feb 2020 | Visit Royal Mint |
| Mar 2020 | Start of Covid-19 lockdown in IoM |
| Jun 2020 | Pubs in IoM reopened after Covid-19 lockdown |
| Jul 2020 | Back bedroom redecorated |
| Aug 2020 | Erected Greenhouse |
| Dec 2020 | Lounge redecorated |
| May 2021 | Auntie Mary Died |
| May 2021 | Scotland - Mary's funeral |
| Sep 2021 | Front Bedroom redecorated |
| Oct 2021 | Log Cabin built |
| Nov 2021 | New front door! |
| Mar 2022 | Scotland Trip (Arrochar, Fort Augustus, Ullapool, Kylesku, Aberdeen & Crail |
| May 2022 | Start of Canadian/Alaskan trip |
| May 2022 | Cruise to Alaska |
| May 2022 | Rocky Mountaineer - Vancouver to Banff |
| May 2022 | Toronto, Grand Bend, London with Raymond & Sabine |
| Jun 2022 | Pontfadog, Ironbridge & Ludlow |
| Aug 2022 | Lincoln, Spalding, Bungay, Bramford, Soton, Bristol, Pontfadog |
| Sep 2022 | HM Queen Elizabeth II died |
| Sep 2022 | Swapped Hyundai car i10 for Hyundai Tuscon |
| Oct 2022 | Liverpool with Andy & Amanda (Crosby, New Brighton) |
| Oct 2022 | Porthcawl, Mount Pleasant (Merthyr), Swanwick, Swanage, Chelmer, Summerlees |
| Nov 2022 | TBT2K 50th Anniversary Reunion |
| Apr 2023 | Berwick-upon-tweed |
| Apr 2023 | Orkney: Scara Brae, Westray, Papa Westray, Sanday, Hoy, Lyness museum |
| May 2023 | King Charles Coronation |
| Jun 2023 | Lutterworth - Ray Dorman's 85th birthday |
| Jun 2023 | Shrewsbury |
| Jul 2023 | Kidderminster |
| Jul 2023 | Severn Valley railway to Bridgenorth |
| Jul 2023 | Chelmsford Beer festival return |
| Jul 2023 | Red Sands forts, Thames Estuary |
| Aug 2023 | Solar panels and batteries installed |
| Aug 2023 | Gas hob replaced with Induction hob |
| Aug 2023 | Solar panels LIVE! |
| Sep 2023 | Stay with Peter and Karen in St Albans |
| Sep 2023 | St Albans Beer Festival |
| Oct 2023 | Mount Pleasant, Bristol, Parkgate, Summerlees, Chelmer, Liverpool |
| Nov 2023 | ILTMS reunion |
| Nov 2023 | TRC/TBT2K reunion |
| Nov 2023 | Ship & Shovel Beer fest at Port Sunlight, Wirral |