Francis richard connolly biography of alberta

Biography:

I was born 1957 in Wallsend, Northumberland, which is so-called because it really is where the Emperor Hadrian’s Roman Wall, the one built to keep the Scots out  ( or Picts ) ends,  and I think this was how my love of History began.

At school I was known for being the best at English and Art and could draw and paint much better than my Teachers when I was five – not that they ever encouraged me!

In senior school I was considered too much trouble and was sent away to the Tyne Valley where I developed an interest in Photography to compliment my Art.  This was the start of me telling stories with pictures.

Despite being the smallest and skinniest I was one of the best Athletes and took up playing Squash just as I was leaving school.

It isn’t a well-known sport in America ( Scott Teeters was somewhat befuddled by this detail during his excellent introduction on Far Out Radio )  but it gave me a day-job profession and led to my becoming a Teach