Colin was born in Hartlepool and has lived in Saltaire for five years. He is the Chairman of Saltaire History Club and contributes regularly to its speaker's programme. Working full time, most of his spare time is spent on delving into Saltaire's rich past. He has undertaken an in-depth study of all the houses in Saltaire and the changing demography of the village over time - through successive censuses and the national newspaper archive. He is publishing regularly, a series of monthly diaries about the soldiers, who were from families resident in Saltaire, during World War One and as each month that relates to the same month during the 1914-1918 conflict. He continues to publish this work via: www.saltairevillage.info/saltaire_history.html
