Past

Receiving a Design Award for the one-hand car-conversion I built (my left hand on joystick-control, early Lightwriter on lap).

Car-conversions were a big part of my younger years, Lightwriters were a sideline.

I was shortlisted by the Thalidomide Trust to do their car-conversions.

Below: A hirsute me with the very first Lightwriter. 

I was on Tomorrow's World a few times; click the top picture, after 3.00 mins of other stuff I'm on  ... it's a pity my screen is invisible!

I was involved in the design of a public toilet with a carousel theme, which was fun.

I had a wine business, which was even more fun.

At age 19 (I became disabled at 21), I built a very small 'monkey-bike' between leaving school and going to University. 

Design specification: to fit into a car and nip around cities when I got there.

Step1: Buy a BSA scooter for £5. Step2: saw it in half. Step3: Weld it together. Step4: Learn from experience how to weld ... it was a fast machine!!

I built a wheelchair based on a car-seat (I can't remember why, or where it is now).

I applied for Planning-Permission to put a large helium balloon on Parker's Piece, Cambridge.

Permission denied, but the 'research' was enjoyable (I visited this one in Paris).