Graham Smout.

Biographical details.

I was born in Swansea, South Wales, but my father, Gilbert Smout, a civil engineer, is originally from the Midlands town of Sedgely, near Wolverhampton in Staffordshire. My Grandfather, Rowland Smout, was a teacher and Primary School headmaster in the same area. He served in WW1 as a medical orderly on the front line. My mother, Olive is from Coventry in Warwickshire.

I grew up in South Wales and Gloucestershire, before moving to the coast near Newcastle on Tyne at the age of 9. I have twin brothers, Michael & Richard, three years my junior. My retired parents still live near Newcastle, near my brother Mike & his family. My other brother Richard now lives in Aberdeen.

I am a teacher in a Primary School in Yorkshire. My responsibility is to develop ICT, and I have taught ICT for nearly ten years. I married Ellie in 1985 and we have two children, Nick and Sarah. We live a quiet Yorkshire farmhouse which we have rebuilt from a near derelict state, a never ending task!

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