Last updated 2.12.2005


Farnworth Grammar School
Personal Profile

Roy Heaton




  • I left in '48 and began work next door at Clarke and Marland's garage
  • I went to night school to get some technical qualifications but then decided to join the RAF as an apprentice.
  • I retired from the RAF as a Chief Technician in '73 and went out to Saudi with BAC.
  • On my return I joined BAC in Preston as a project engineer,later transferring out to Germany to the holding company Panavia.
  • From there it was out to Singapore for two years, and then back to the Midlands. Here I have stayed except for a pleasant sojourn to America to work for my parent company.
  • After 30 years in the aircraft industry I finished my time in the automotive industry.
  • I am now living in Castle Bromwich — that's in Birmingham but we come under Solihull for political purposes, thank goodness.