About retirement – introducing Howard Croft
Posted: December 17th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: About retirement - Howard Croft | Comments Off
Let me introduce you to Howard Croft (a cousin of sorts) who has kindly agreed to send regular (ish) dispatches from the front line of retirement.
- Born: Hull, East Yorkshire
- Lives: Old Malton, North Yorkshire
- Pre-retirement occupation: publisher mainly in UK but also in Africa and USA
- Educated: Hull Grammar School, Bristol & Manchester universities
- Age: 65
- Hobbies: reading cheap fiction, training a dog and winking at shop girls. Also conspiring with his grandson to undermine the authority of his father
- Retirement activities: school governor and prison visitor. Advisor on publishing to the Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Distinctions: Member of the Groucho Club; CRB checked; never been nominated for an OBE or any other Honour
Introductions out of the way, Howard’s first dispatches will be hitting this blog over the next couple of days.