Keith Partlow

Born in 1951 at Chesterfield

Been a railway enthusiast since I was 10.

Spotted my first train Jubilee 45565 Victoria on the Great Central at Tibshelf.

I attended Tupton Hall Grammar School,lived in Tibshelf Derbyshire until 1977 then Warsop in Notts until 1993. I've lived in Ipswich since then.I am single (my wife died Dec 2005). I have 2 sons and 1 daughter. (Eldest son still lives with me).

I am now retired.When I lived in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire I worked for British Coal (office staff). I worked at Sutton.Teversal,Silverhill and Welbeck collieries.

I worked for an engineering company in Ipswich.

My photos from the 1980's and 1990's are all scanned prints(very few slides) and taken on a Praktika B200 (bought in 1982) and a Minolta 7000 (bought in 1988) . I went digital in 2002 and have had a Canon 5D since 2006.