I am an exiled 6th-generation Londoner living in Hampshire, England. I have worked as a Town Planner in London and in the computer industry in the Thames Valley. Currently contributing randomly, as and when time permits.
Local history, particularly the industrial history of London and the Port of London. As a geographer I take a wide definition of London, including Greater London, the surrounding area where the economy is closely linked to London, its port and airports, and the wide ring of towns grown large due to London leap-frogging the artificial constriction of the greenbelt.
Computing. I've messed about with computers on and off since my first Digi-Comp I in 1967, did a Postgrad Diploma in Computing in the 1980s and a Masters in GIS in the 90s. Along the way owned ZX80, ZX81, ZX Spectrum and numerous PCs from CP/M onwards, and worked with Vax, ICL and IBM mainframes, Unix and embedded systems.
Photography. I've been taking photos for about 40 years and got my first digital SLR in 2005. Quite a few of my photos have been added to Wikipedia or Commons either by me or by others from the Geograph project.
Thi's user know's that not every word that end's with s need's an apostrophe and will remove misused apostrophe's from Wikipedia with extreme prejudice.
its & it's
This user understands the difference between its and it's. So should you.
their there they're
This user thinks that there are too many people who don’t know that they're worse than their own children at spelling!
your you're
This user thinks that if your grammar is incorrect, then you're in need of help.
. The
This user does not put two spaces after a full stop.
A, B, and A and B
This user prefers to use the serial commaonly when its omission can be confusing.
I agree to release my text and image contributions, unless otherwise stated, into the public domain. Please be aware that other contributors might not do the same, so if you want to use my contributions under public domain terms, please check the multi-licensing guide.
Wikipedia editor
This is a Wikipediauser page. This is not an encyclopedia article or the talk page for an encyclopedia article. If you find this page on any site other than Wikipedia, you are viewing a mirror site. Be aware that the page may be outdated and that the user whom this page is about may have no personal affiliation with any site other than Wikipedia. The original page is located at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pterre.
.svg){kind=small}
