Overseas

Mike’s working life was in the Air Force, on the engineering rather than the military side. After a tour of duty in Cyprus, he became

Ian used his agricultural skills as a Baptist missionary in Angola and the Congo from 1961 until 1977. He then moved to Dereham, and worked

Roger’s National Service was in Korea and Japan. He then had a long career as a rubber planter in Malaya, working on Estates with British

Derek is a Suffolk man who began in the local Co-op and proceeded to work in Cooperative Development in Botswana and as an advisor for

Jean recalls working in a fish and chip shop in Harwich, moving to Durham, married life in Scarborough and living by the beach in Aden.

Roy served an apprenticeship as an electrician with A.Pank & Son Ltd, St Giles Street, Norwich. Later he worked in Algiers servicing vehicles. In the

Shirley trained as a croupier and had an adventurous time while working in Nigeria in 1968. She travelled the world in her profession. I was

Jeremy reflects on his life experiences around the world, especially in Africa and how his outlook changed over the decades. Why they never get it