Dors Fine Art

I was born in 1926 in a small market town called Barnard Castle in Teesdale, which is in the North of England. I spent all my formative years there (my parents lived there all their lives). After three years in the army I went to the Bartlett School of Architecture in London where I met my future wife Anthea.  After qualifying in 1951 we got married and have had over 57 years of very happy married life. I moved to  south of England after our marriage and have stayed in our present home in the Chilterns, Buckinghamshire for the last 53 years. I retired from my architectural practice in 1992.

We have three sons and seven grandchildren and one great grandson , aged 6 weeks at the time of writing :). Our middle son Mark married a Canadian girl (whom he met at Medical School in London). He lived in Ottawa from 1979 with his wife and three sons but has recently moved to Calgary. We visit them frequently.

One of our grandsons, Benji, has Down's Syndrome. He is now 19 and lived with us since he was 5 weeks old.  He has been living in a home in Basingstoke since last August but visits us frequently.

My main hobbies are photography, gardening and music.

Some of my pictures are here http://www.flickr.com/photos/erichardyuk/