This was the state of the house when I moved in 12 December 1967

Tumble down greenhouse and lean-to removed and Sauna / utility room built 1973

Extension buit on right side making 5 bedrooms and large garage

Boiught from a door to door salesman 2002

There was a blacksmiths next door in the 1930s. Every time I dug the garden up came a horseshoe

Used to have a pond full of carp - sadly it had to go when the extension was built

Overgrown garage in around 1999. All demolished and replaced

Used as my workshop for over 20 years. Knocked it down in 1998 and replaced it with a new garage /workshop

The new workshop, fully insulated and heated.

An asymetrical covered area that is delightful to sit in on summer evenings 2002

One of the first digital photos taken on an Olympus C1400 SLR in 1998

My late Mum's tortoise - still going well today. She must be 85 by now. Mum found her in a dustbin outside a pet shop in '67, bleeding from a cracked shell. Taken on Olympus C1400 1998

Basil and Juno playing together

My workshop cat for many years

As it was from '88 up to 2001

Shows my wonderful Eskaphot 20x24" computer controlled copy camera used for making the NCR formslide artwork. In it's last days just before it was all knocked down and scrapped

The major extension was built by me in 1974. The boys were allowed to draw all over walls that were to be removed or replastered

Beautiful car for years - sadly scrapped and sold for spares

I built a sauna and utility room in 1973