{"id":5,"date":"2007-01-14T20:30:45","date_gmt":"2007-01-14T20:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alanbradley.co.uk\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2012-12-08T21:45:50","modified_gmt":"2012-12-08T21:45:50","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blog.alanbradley.co.uk\/?page_id=5","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Born 30th October 1948. I grew up in the Pennine dales of north Yorkshire. The valley area that I grew up in is called Briscoe in Baldersdale. This is in the same area of the world where Hannah Hawkswell also lived. I have a younger brother who has three children well, grown up now and a younger sister who has dedicated her life to nursing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I have two grown up children a daughter with a degree in history and a son who has a degree in business studies. They are both doing quite well.<\/p>\n<p>I hold a full driving licence and a Class 1 HGV licence yes this means I can drive them big trucks. I enjoy reading natural world and science fiction. I also have a deep-rooted fascination with the cosmos and the entire empty? space out there. It would certainly be a waste of a lot space if it were empty maybe one day we will find out!<\/p>\n<p>I have developed a fairly large collection of books of many genres.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, my main hobby and spare time is taken up building a Cobra replica.<\/p>\n<p>My home computer has helped me break into the latest technology.<\/p>\n<p>EDUCATION<\/p>\n<p>Northern counties examination, seven subjects including Maths and English, at Barnard Castle Secondary Modern School.<\/p>\n<p>City and Guilds of London Institute; Motor Vehicle Mechanics Certificate, and, Motor Vehicle Technicians Certificate.<\/p>\n<p>The Institute of the Motor Industry Finals examination.<\/p>\n<p>The Institute of Road Transport Engineers examination Section C part two.<\/p>\n<p>These studies were all undertaken at Darlington College of Technology.<\/p>\n<p>Having passed these exams allows me professional memberships M.I.M.I. and A.I.R.T.E.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Born 30th October 1948. I grew up in the Pennine dales of north Yorkshire. The valley area that I grew up in is called Briscoe in Baldersdale. This is in the same area of the world where Hannah Hawkswell also &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.alanbradley.co.uk\/?page_id=5\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.alanbradley.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.alanbradley.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.alanbradley.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.alanbradley.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.alanbradley.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/blog.alanbradley.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191,"href":"http:\/\/blog.alanbradley.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.alanbradley.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}