1931 scholarship to Swansea School of Art 1935-38 Royal College of Art, London - studied under William Staite Murray 1937-38 taught evening classes for the LCC at Putney School of Art 1939 taught in boys' clubs in London's East End 1946 part-time teaching, Bromley School of Art (to 1949) and Maidstone School of Art 1951 part-time teaching, Hammersmith College of Art 1956 moved to Orpington, Kent; built pottery studio with 24 cu. ft. gas kiln for reduced firings 1970 exhibition at the Commonwealth Institute, London 1973 full-time Head of Ceramics, Hammersmith College of Art 1975 retired from full-time teaching Author of 'Step to Step Guide to Pottery' (Hamlyn)