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- Born in Penang, Straits Settlements.
- 1926: Came to Farnworth..
- 1930-1936: Attended Plodder Lane Council School.
- 1936-1941: Attended Farnworth Grammar School.
- Cousin of Ronald Hodson qv; Junior Victor Ludorum.
- 1941-1943: Worked for Williams Deacon's Bank.
- 1943-1947: In Royal Navy transferring to Fleet Air Arm.
- May 1945: Joined 806 Squadron.
- July 1945: Emperor Hirohito found out
- August 1945: Hirohito sued for peace..
- 1947-1949: Qualified as teacher at the College of S.Mark & S.John, Chelsea.
- Appointed teacher at Harper Green Secondary Boys' School
where the School Secretary was Elsie Entwistle qv.
- 1955-1960: Teacher at St.Peter's Junior School, Swinton
- Often came home on bus with Denise (Bunty) Elleray qv.
- 1960-1967: Head teacher at North Meols Banks St. Stephen's School..
- 1967-1981: Head teacher at Euxton C.E. Primary School..
- 1979: Suffered cerebral haemorrhage in 1979 resulting in
right hemiplegia and retired on
medical advice in 1981.
- 1991 onwards: Started life story on word processor.
- At present I have done over 200,000 words and have
reached 1949.
Sadly, Jim passed away on December 11th 2008. He was 83.
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