JUSTIN BROWN

fibrown56@yahoo.com

Matric 1964
Post matric Diploma in Carpet Technology - Kidderminster College - UK - 1973.

Retired - 2010- doing as little as possible.

Watching sport - rugby , cricket, F - 1, motor GP, UK football.

Playing golf badly. Given up golf

Starting to play bowls at Hillcrest b/club. Given up bowls due to loss of balance as a result of triple by- pass in June 2019.
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Interested in cars - music - help with the sound at Hillcrest Methodist Church.

Walking - try and do 5 km/ day - doing 5km 3 x a week

Started in 1960 -class 3 gb - played cricket with Colts - under "Duckie" Logan.
1961 - class 4 gb - played 2nd xi - with Dusty Draper. Awarded 1/2 colours
1962 - class 5 gb - played 2nd xi - occasional game with the 1st xi. Failed this year.
1963 - 5 R - played 1st xi with Barry Richards - under Theobald. Full colours
1964 - 6 gb - Played 1st xi - captain - Honours. Have the honour of captaining the worst performing 1st xi in the schools history - its in the school mag written by Theo.

Rubbish at rugby - played - lowest possible - bush whackers.

Helped Reg van Rij and Rodger Griffiths win the school Talent contest in 1962 - The Great Pretender - mime - I did the sound.
Reg digging up a small part of the cricket pitch - " holy acre" and planting a banana tree in it.
The Dawbry brothers reading in Afrikaans in Mr. Coldpeppers English class.- 5 R - 1962.
Sas Nourse throwing science / maths sets out of the window onto the prefab roofs if you were not listening.
Watching Barry Richards, Lee Irwine and Anderson and then Harvey Wanneburg demolish the opposition during the 1962 cricket season.

Worked @ Mobil [Engen] Refinery from 65 to 68, Greaves and Thomas 68 to 70 then to Carpet Manufacturing Company from 70 to 2010. This Co. changed it's name a number of times -part of Romatex, then Ulster, eventually Crossley Carpets.
Started as a Methods Engineer, 1970 - sent to Kidderminster College UK - diploma in Carpet manufacturing 73/74 - Top student of the year - returned and worked through all the manufacturing departments, settled in QA from 86 to 2002 , then Production director till 2010.