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Watch this postHi everyone, my name is Howard. I was born Pembrokeshire, Wales in 1931. My mother-tongue is Welsh (shw mae pob un?!). I currently live in South Glamorgan, Wales.
I have lived and worked in Australia, Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia at the time) South Africa and Canada. My wife and I were ‘£10 Poms’ participating in the Australian scheme to encourage immigration from the UK. We lived in Australia from 1957-1959, I was in Africa during 1960 and we lived in Toronto, Canada for 36 years from 1961. We moved back to Cardiff in 1997.
For most of my working life I worked as a welder in steel fabrication. My final job was working as a refrigeration plant maintenance engineer at the Port of Toronto. Since retiring I worked on a project writing my autobiography on the computer. I really enjoyed all the research and sources the internet has available.
Hoping to exchange with anyone else with similar experiences/interests. - Howard
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Well I must tell you this, you have had an enviable life lived so far. How many people get to live in so many major countries like you listed? wow!
i would enjoy an email exchange with you Sir.
Bless your heart,
Linda