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In 1996 I retired from full-time employment. Since then I've worked as a volunteer community commentator and achivist. I want to put something back into the North Wales communities that have been so good to people like me over the generations. Nowadays, I champion self-improvement, life-long learning and performance and appreciation of all things musical. I use the experiences gained during a lifetime working with consumer technology and customer service to discern and recognise individual effort and enterprise -and throw light on some of the complexities of modern times. |
In 1996 I retired from full-time employment. Since then I've worked as a volunteer community commentator and achivist. I want to put something back into the North Wales communities that have been so good to people like me over the generations. Nowadays, I champion self-improvement, life-long learning and performance and appreciation of all things musical. I use the experiences gained during a lifetime working with consumer technology and customer service to discern and recognise individual effort and enterprise -and throw light on some of the complexities of modern times. |
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I assert a social conscience and advocate that the focus of a few public-spirited individuals really can make a difference to the well-being of the communities which define Our Lovely Land. I have no party-specific affinity or agenda. I praise, cajole and lampoon without fear or discrimination. My rantings, have been known to irritate every political persuasion and test the very depths of human endurance. In prolific ramblings, I invite my readers to proceed with caution -but, with the prospect of an honest belly-laugh along the way, be prepared to throw it to the wind. |
I assert a social conscience and advocate that the focus of a few public-spirited individuals really can make a difference to the well-being of the communities which define Our Lovely Land. I have no party-specific affinity or agenda. I praise, cajole and lampoon without fear or discrimination. My rantings, have been known to irritate every political persuasion and test the very depths of human endurance. In prolific ramblings, under the web-persona, "jbsandown", I invite my blog & twitter readers to proceed with caution -but, with the prospect of an honest belly-laugh along the way, be prepared to throw it to the wind. |
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Whilst I am fit and able, I promote by document and film, aspects of North Wales' rich community heritage. In this connection I freely offer consultation and technical guidance on any aspect of micro-budget video journalism. I an available to traditional, "new" and "social" media for interviews and comment. Especially on the things about which I am passionate. Just call me! |
Whilst I am fit and able, I promote by document and film, aspects of North Wales' rich community heritage. In this connection I freely offer consultation and technical guidance on any aspect of micro-budget video journalism. I an available to traditional, "new" and "social" media for interviews and comment. Especially on the things about which I am passionate. Just call me! |
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Revision as of 20:52, 24 March 2012
My name is John Butler and I was born in 1943 in North Wales, where I've resided all my life. With an elder sister (Marie) and a younger brother (David) I grew-up in SHOTTON (Deeside). My father, Thomas John Butler ("TJ") had an established business in Shotton high-street. I attended Shotton Council school and later the grammar-school in Hawarden. After attaining my ordinary-level GCE examinations, I left school and join the family TV & electric retail business. Whilst working I studied radio-engineering and business/commerce at Kelsterton College (now Deeside College). As a young, private enterprise professional, I was surrounded by the bustling, diverse industries that were the life-blood of the people and the communities of that time. Those days have ended; the industries of steel-making and textiles have all but died away and the people who worked them have moved on. I was profoundly influenced by those days and I'm proud of my area's cultural and industrial heritage. Future generations can learn much from it.
In 1996 I retired from full-time employment. Since then I've worked as a volunteer community commentator and achivist. I want to put something back into the North Wales communities that have been so good to people like me over the generations. Nowadays, I champion self-improvement, life-long learning and performance and appreciation of all things musical. I use the experiences gained during a lifetime working with consumer technology and customer service to discern and recognise individual effort and enterprise -and throw light on some of the complexities of modern times.
I assert a social conscience and advocate that the focus of a few public-spirited individuals really can make a difference to the well-being of the communities which define Our Lovely Land. I have no party-specific affinity or agenda. I praise, cajole and lampoon without fear or discrimination. My rantings, have been known to irritate every political persuasion and test the very depths of human endurance. In prolific ramblings, under the web-persona, "jbsandown", I invite my blog & twitter readers to proceed with caution -but, with the prospect of an honest belly-laugh along the way, be prepared to throw it to the wind.
Whilst I am fit and able, I promote by document and film, aspects of North Wales' rich community heritage. In this connection I freely offer consultation and technical guidance on any aspect of micro-budget video journalism. I an available to traditional, "new" and "social" media for interviews and comment. Especially on the things about which I am passionate. Just call me!