John Flint was born in Ambergate, Derbyshire, in 1937, where snow was measured in feet rather than inches. After a spell in industrial Yorkshire he eventually settled in Pinner, Middlesex, where he married Trish - Patricia- in 1963 living in the Harrow area until the death of his wife in 2007. He then downsized and moved to Chesham.He was variously employed as an organ builder, Civil Servant, then in several branches of BT, finally serving six years in the Crown Prosecution Service.His interests are music, languages, woodwork carving and walking.