1936 Born Nuneaton, Warwickshire.
1952 Studied at Nuneaton School of Art.
1953 Moved to Cornwall, studied at Penzance School, National Diploma
in Art and Design. Worked at the Leach Pottery, St Ives.
1956 National Service followed by postgraduate studies at Central
School of Art, London Appointed as Technical Assistant.
1958 Part time work at Leach Pottery, resident in Cornwall.
1960 Started his own workshop in London, began part-time teaching.
1961 Work accepted by the Council of Industrial Design.
1962 In Australia. Helpled Ian Sprague to establish a pottery workshop.
1965 Returned to England and established Stradbroke Pottery.
1976 Awarded CAC bursary.
1979 Craftsman in residence, Victoria, Australia.
1980 Craftsman in residence, Monash University.
1982 Craftsman in residence, Indiana University, U.S.A.
Invited to judge Ceramic Awards in New Zeland.
1984 Returned to England, continued production in Stradbroke.
1985 Commission for large candle holders for Lincoln Cathedral.
1986 Major retrospective at The Hanley Museum, Stoke-on-Trent.
1990 Visit to New South Wales to further study the outback landscape
influencing his work to date.
1990 Beaux Arts exhibition in Bath.
1991 Solo exhibition at the Rufford Craft Centre.
1993 Exhibtion at Gallery B15, Munich, Germany.
1994 Exhibits work at Ceramic Arts Gallery, Vienna.
1994 Exhibits work at Ceramic Arts Gallery, Vienna.
1995 Ceramic Arts Fair, Gallerie L Vienne 1995, Germany.
1996 Solo Exhibition at The Leach Legacy Exhibition, St Ives.
1996 Rufford and Hatfield Art and Ceramic Fairs.
1996 Solo Exhibition at The Leach Legacy Exhibition, St Ives.
2000 Major exhibition at the John Bedding Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall.
2000 Exhibition at Lynne Strover Gallery, Cambridge.
2001 Beaux Arts exhibition, Bath.
2002 Continued annual exhibitions at Fire & Earth Ceramic Fair, Rufford
and Art in Clay, Hatfield.
and Art in Clay, Hatfield.
2003 Maltby Contemporary Art, Winchester.
2006 Exhibition at Rufford, Warwickshire.
2007 Exhibition at the Bluecoat Centre, Liverpool.
2014 Large retrospective exhibition at the Leach Gallery, St Ives.
2015 RWC 'Created', and large exhibition at the The Leach Pottery, St Ives.
2016 CPA Honarary Fellow Membership Award.
1976 Crafts Advisory Council Bursary
1985 Large Candleholders for Lincoln Cathedral
1987 Large Panel for National Westminister Bank, London.
1988 Commission for Dame Elisabeth Frink.
1989 Purchase from Sir David Attenborough for private collection.
1990 Planters Award for the National Garden Festival, Gateshead.
1999 Peers Award, National Ceramic Fair.
2016 Honorary Fellow Membership for Crafts Potters Association
