Q In a nutshell, what was so special about the Bradford that you grew up in and have written about in Bradford Born and Bred?

A From my early days as a child in the 1940s though to being a teenager it the 1950s, although it was sometimes austere, things seemed to be so tranquil. It was a time when going shopping around Bradford was exciting with visits to the large department stores, John Street open market, and hundreds of other shops that catered for everyone and all occasions. From the age of seven I could visit the town with my mates and also the New Victoria Saturday Morning Club as a member, having joined in 1945. Trips to the lovely parks, to play cricket and football, with the park attendants in situ who really had not many problems to contend with. These few memories are just the tip if the iceberg Q Did you exhaust the supply of noted Bradfordians with Bradford's Own, or have you since thought of other people you wish you'd included?

A The odd one or two did not have the courtesy to reply to my many contacts for their inclusion. Others contacted me to say they would not like to be included for reasons of their own. When people ask me why X or Y is not in Bradford's Own it is generally for the above reasons. However there is the odd person I did miss out or overlook, but a total of 119 was not too bad was it?

Q What's your single most treasured memory of your days as a DJ?

A If I had to choose a couple out of many, one would be when the Gaumont Ballroom closed in 1961. On that last night as the dancers drifted away at the end of the evening, I played out the end of the Gaumont Ballroom era with Don Gibson's Sea Of Heartbreak. A sad moment! The other treasured memory was introducing Gene Vincent at the Gaumont and the Majestic in Bradford, and for many years we were great mates until his untimely death in 1971.