| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 25th April 1936 | Born in Newcastle-on-Tyne |
| September 1939 | Moved to Chester-le-Street |
| September 1941 – July 1947 | Attended St Cuthbert’s RC Primary School there . Passed Scholarship |
| September 1947 – July 1954 | Attended St Cuthbert’s RC Grammar School, Newcastle |
| September 1954 – 1960 | A Hospitaller Brother of St John of God |
| 1959 | Qualified as State Registered Nurse (SRN) |
| 1960 – 1962 | Pupil teacher and did 1st year of teacher training |
| 1963 – 1965 | Post-registration Psychiatric Student Nurse – St. George’s Hospital Morpeth |
| 1965 | Qualified as Registered Mental Nurse (RMN) |
| 24 July 1965 | Married Mary at St Joseph’s Ushaw Moor |
| 1965 – 1966 | Staff Nurse at Rauceby Hospital – Sleaford |
| 1966 | Father to twins, Paul and Catherine |
| 1966 – 1968 | Charge Nurse – Barnsley Hall Hospital, Bromsgrove |
| 1968 – 1970 | Qualified as Registered Nurse Teacher (RNT with Diploma of Nursing – Battersea Polytechnic/ Polytechnic of South Bank |
| 1970 – 1973 | Nurse Teacher for – State Enrolled and State Registered Nurses – Dryburn Hospital Durham |
| 1973 – 1978 | Senior Tutor-in-Charge of School of Nursing – Hartlepool |
| 1978 – 1980 | Gained Community Psychiatric Nursing Certificate (CPN Cert) – Manchester Polytechnic |
| 1980 – present | a member of Lanchester Choral Society |
| 1980 – 1996 | Senior Tutor (Community Mental Health Nursing) – Newcastle |
| 1982 – present | Approved Eucharistic Minister – Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle |
| 1980’s & 1990’s | External Examiner – North East Surrey College of Technology / University of Lancaster / University of Wolverhampton / Secretary to UK Group for Community Mental Health Nursing Lecturers |
| 1991 | Presentation entitled Meyerbeer in London at University of Bayreuth in Department of Musical Research, Thurnau, Bavaria for 200th Anniversary of Meyerbeer’s birth |
| 1993 – 1995 | Studied for MA in Adult Education – University of Durham |
| 1996 – 1997 | Senior Lecturer – BSc Community Nursing (Course Leader for Mental Health Branch) – Northumbria University |
| 1997 | Retired |
| 1997 – 1999 | A/S and A level GCE Music and Grade 7 & 8 (Singing) – Associated Board of Royal College of Music (ABRCM) |
| 1998 – present | Chaplaincy Volunteer (Darlington and Durham Foundation Trust NHS Trust) |
| 1998 – 2009 | Mental Health Act Officer (NHS and Private Company) |
| 2008 – present | Member and soloist with Durham Constabulary Male Voice Choir |
| 2008 – present | Member of University of Third Age (Durham) and presenter for its Music Appreciation Group |
| 2008 – 2015 | Public Governor – Tees Wear and Esk Valley Mental Health Foundation Trust |
| 2009 -2019 | Member of Probus Spennymoor |
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2013 – present |
Volunteer with Age UK – give talks to interested groups about its function and outreach; provide Kelloe Luncheon Club with a sing-a-long; involved with Burnhope project _ provided introductory booklet on village and environs
joined Lanchester Choral and Operatic Society again
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| 2016 – present
May 2018
February 2019
4 July 2019 |
member of Silver Singers – Stanley – Sage local contact for English Touring Opera have now ceased and become a member of Ushaw Choir
started working towards ““““Diploma *+ ABRCM, having found an excellent accompanist sang sole at choir concert in Ushaw `College |