Dave Hodge

I was born in Devonport, Devon, U.K.. Due to W.W..2 received my education in Hampshire, returning to Plymouth in 1951, where I entered H.M. Dockyard. I served 5 years apprenticeship as a joiner/cabinet maker, which included woodturning. Returned to the dockyard after 2 years National Service, in 1958.

I stayed there until 1964 when I left to work in shop fitting, bar fitting and running building sites. My last 20 years were spent making furniture for luxury motor cruisers for a large international company. Around 1979 I renewed my interest in woodturning, got more ambitious so that when I retired at 65 in 1999 there would be more to keep me occupied than coastal/moor walking and gardening.