Joined Royal Sussex band in October 56.Served 10 years in the Band till 66 then taught Music at the depot in Canterbury till 68.Joined the Band of the Scots Guards in 68,and served till 72.Moved to Australia in 73 and served in Australian Army Bands for 20 years till 2003,then retired.Now live in Brisbane and still teach and play trombone and run a 15 piece dance band.