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Anthony Edwards

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in Gravesend, The United Kingdom

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Anthony Edwards was born in Gravesend, a hub of maritime activity 25 miles downriver from the centre of London. His father had been injured in an industrial accident, but once he had squandered his compensation, money was tight. Growing up, you had to make your own amusements. Catching eels on the marshes, riding ponies at the nearby riding school before the owners were awake and long cycle rides on an old bike which had to be shared with his best friend – one standing pedalling and the other sitting on the seat.

Another favourite occupation was watching films. They were an insight into what life could be like if you didn’t live on a council estate. If you wanted to go to Saturday morning cinema, the best option of amassing the necessary six Anthony Edwards was born in Gravesend, a hub of maritime activity 25 miles downriver from the centre of London. His father had been injured in an industrial accident, but once he had squandered his compensation, money was tight. Growing up, you had to make your own amusements. Catching eels on the marshes, riding ponies at the nearby riding school before the owners were awake and long cycle rides on an old bike which had to be shared with his best friend – one standing pedalling and the other sitting on the seat.

Another favourite occupation was watching films. They were an insight into what life could be like if you didn’t live on a council estate. If you wanted to go to Saturday morning cinema, the best option of amassing the necessary sixpence was to have a paper round – unless, of course, you were prepared to risk the ignominy of a heavy hand on your shoulder as you were climbing through the toilet window.

Although he would amuse himself with writing and illustrating stories, Amazon had not yet been invented and the only recourse to fame and fortune, or at least the fortune, was to get a job working on the Steam tugs, which he joined when he was 15. Like all new recruits, he started as cook, but went onto working on deck until he left nearly 7 years later. The hours were long – on average 140 a week – but the pay was good. If by the end of the week you were still alive that is!

There was then a mind-blowing eureka moment when he saw a film clip about ocean racing. He knew at once that this was what he wanted to do and directed all his energies into achieving that goal. He got a job as permanent crew on an ocean racer and later qualified as a yacht skipper. This was the beginning of the life he had dreamt of, and the escape from the dark skies, the rain and the cold that had been the norm when he was working on the tugs.

He ended up in the South of France, which was a Mecca for anyone searching for work on yachts, as the Cote d’Azur, with its climate and scenery, was a sailing and boating paradise.

Later on, he bought a ruin on three acres of land near a Provençal hill village, which he renovated with his wife and turned it into a self-sufficient organic smallholding. He went on to study complementary medicine and established a successful practice as a Kinesiologist, Hypnotist and Psychotherapist and has made guest appearances on several radio programs in France and the U.K. He later moved to his present house, where he now lives with his wife and thoroughly spoilt, and self-opinionated cat.
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	Moving On: A Memoir of Life at Sea (Paid to Live the Dream Book 2) 4.25 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paid to Live the Dream: A Seafarer's tale of life Afloat 4.13 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 2018 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Tugman's Tale: Life Aboard Thames Steam Tugs in the 1960's 4.08 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Voyaging To The Sun 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Couldn't Make it Up: Some sailing Anecdotes 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cancer Complexity: Exploring Advanced Prostate Cancer and Leukaemia: A Personal Experience it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cancer Complexity: Exploring prostate cancer and Leukemia from a personal perspective 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The mystery artist!

I wrote about this painting some time ago after having been sent a copy by one of my friends and mentioned that I didn’t know who the artist was. I was therefore delighted to be contacted by him and discover that his name is Ian Boyd. He said ‘It was painted by me a long time ago now when I lived in the UK and was commissioned regularly by all you Tuggee guys to paint pictures of the Thames tugs a