Wallace Briggs

Wallace Briggs (1943 – present). Happily married to Pat in 1964, whom I first met at the age of eleven. We celebrated our Diamond Anniversary in Sept 2024.

Early years were experienced in and around Durham, never living more than 5ml distance from the Cathedral City. Married in 1964, Pat and I spent many happy years in the North East of England before employment almost took us off to emigrate to South Africa. But plans were changed in the final weeks, and the company moved the family to Sussex.

After more than twenty years in Sussex, then Hampshire, employment was again responsible for the move to beautiful rural Lancashire, where we still reside. I am now retired from a long career in sales and marketing of technical products in the UK and international markets.

Jimmy Crikey was born on a rainy afternoon around forty years ago, during a family holiday in Great Yarmouth, to entertain my son and his newfound friends for an hour or so. The story expanded over the following showery afternoons in the cramped confines of a beach tent, and more and more adventures were required to keep the children entertained.

The wonderment on the face of children obviously enjoying my stories was all the inspiration I needed to continue my journey as an author.

I look forward to sharing the adventures of Jimmy Crikey with a wider audience in the hope that they will bring a sense of wonder and enjoyment to another generation.