Updated 24th November 2008
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Long form biography of Stephen Shaw

Born 1950. Lived in Stockport England from 1962 onwards.
Wife Cathy (nee Wainwright) and Son George born 1984.

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Likes music; anime; steam engines; science fiction; cats; photography; short wave radio

Worked in a bank 1968-2003 and in a admin post in Crown Court 2003-
Author of local church history (1979) and commercial
computer book "Getting Started with the TI99/4a" (1983)
Computer programmer and software publisher (1982-1985)

Requests for more detail, pictures, or plain queries can be sent to me at Please use subject "Biog query" if possible.

Detailed format. All files under 30k.

Before 1950 | The 1950s | The 1960s | The 1970s
The 1980s | 1990-1994 | 1995-1999 | The 1998 new PC
2000 and 2001 | 2002 and 2003 | 2004 and 2005 | 2006 and 2007 | 2008

Some more specialised essays: Dad's Naval experiences on Arabis and Bryony and after.

Our experiences in Singapore 1959-1962

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