About the Author

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Fred was born in the tiny Suffolk hamlet of Thurlow Green and after five years at the village school, he went to Grammar School in the historic silk weaving town of Sudbury in Suffolk about an hour or so north of London. After a brief couple of years in the RAF Fred settled down for 17 years in the field of Banking, the last twelve years being in the Middle East. However his heart was always elsewhere and his propensity to amuse colleagues of British, Arabic and Asian origin did not amuse head office. In a mixture of amused bafflement an honest and generous manager declared, "I don't know what to do with you Webb!" and with raised glasses at a "business lunch" he paid him off with £5000. In many ways it remains Fred's best ever lunch!

Determined to never again be the subject of a 'boss', Fred struggled through 40 odd years in or on the fringes of the Toy Industry but it was always writing that drew out his passions... so he began to write... and write some more!

However he very quickly found that both Toy shops and Publishers always wanted "something similar to what was already on the market" - heaven forbid an author should create something original! This was totally contrary to his inner desires and contradicts his purpose in life - which is to provide and be something different.

The works he has written (available on this website!) are reflections of human life, the funny creatures we can be and how delightful we think we are! The views here are based on the belief that we can all be just a bit better.

If THIS can get a few of you to see life through these characters, and let one or two of them take you by the hand into fresh and new joys of life on this planet, then this site and this man, will fulfil their purpose.