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Phil is married and has three grown up children.
He was raised in Kent and received a Grammar School Education. Having won the 5th Form History Prize his Headmaster wanted him to study History in the Sixth Form. Instead he studied Botany, Zoology and Chemistry. He went on to London University to study Biology. There, apart from his studies, he managed to take an active part in sport and was captain of athletics at his college.
On graduating in 1960 he began a research project in micro-biology, while the same time teaching at a prestigious school in South London. In 1965 he was appointed Head of Biology at a boarding school in Gloucestershire. To complete his research, he received a Royal Society Research In Schools grant, and his work was published in 1966. In 1975 he was promoted to the position of Head of Science. In 1978 he moved to the Midlands to teach in another independent school where he was Head of Department. He also served as a Housemaster, coached Rugby, and Cricket and was master in charge of Cross-Country and Athletics.
Retiring at the age of 59 he moved to West Wales where he soon became involved in the local community, serving on various committees, with executive positions in three of them. He became founder member of a U3A group in Pembrokeshire, and leads the History Group. In this capacity he has researched various historical topics, looking for more unusual aspects of our historical past. Some people have described is work as ‘quirky’ particularly when he uses Giles cartoons, inn signs, etc, to demonstrate history.
