From research work in Antarctica to prospecting in Australia to a security job in Ottawa,this reader has travelled a lot since his early days delivering telegrams to the Manchester Guardian officesI was born in Salford in 1937. I joined the Post Office at 15 in 1952 (as a boy in Manchester I delivered telegrams to the Guardian offices), and left to join the Royal Navy in 1953. After 11 years’ service I emigrated to Australia. I did three separate years in Antarctica with the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions. In 1972 I met my wife, and an anthropologist,in Kimberly, Western Australia, and while I was prospecting,and followed her to Ottawa, Canada, or where I’ve lived ever since. From 1982 to 1986 I worked as a radio operator in the Arctic in the oil patch.
Today I work as a commissionaire (security) – even at 78 I need something to preserve me busy. In terms of what makes me stand out,I’d say my sense of humour, but my son would say my storytelling. I swim three times a week at the Château Laurier hotel. Ive been reading the Guardian for about 25 years, and mainly for reasons of nostalgia. It makes me feel as though I own a friend. It is allotment of domestic. It’s my past that I don’t want to lose. However,I also think it is notable to get a perspective other than what the media is putting forward in the country that you live. Annoyingly, it is harder to find as more newsagents in Canada close.
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Source: theguardian.com