Returning to the Town of my Ancestors

I first moved to Scunthorpe in Lincolnshire in 1969 where I raised my family. I was working at the Flixborough chemical plant which exploded in June 1974. In 1982 because the re-built Nypro factory where I worked closed down, and due of lack of local work, I moved to London where I took a job in engineering design of large chemical and nuclear facilities. When I semi-retired in 2000, I moved back to Lincolnshire to Grantham to give me easy rail access to London where I still worked part time as a Consultant in major hazard prevention. When I finally retired in 2002, I started to write the first of two books which were later published. I also took an interest in Family History, exploring where my ancestors came from. My cousin told me that our great grandmother on my Father's side came from LIncolnshire which I did not know. Research revealed that her family owned a Grocer's shop in Grantham and that they had all lived in the Spitalgate area of Grantham. What an amazing coincidence that I returned to live in Grantham, the home town of my ancestors.