I passed the 11-plus and went up to the senior school, where my two older sisters had already gone. I was in the 'A' stream, but in the third year, they asked me to give up Latin; no one had… — Dick Strawbridge Copy Share Image
When I joined the Army in the late '70s, there was a real threat from Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, so all of… — Dick Strawbridge Copy Share Image
I left the Army in 2000 and went into industry before I started appearing on TV in 2003. My best job there was on… — Dick Strawbridge Copy Share Image
I love the whole idea of family and what gets left behind when you are gone. I'm very proud of my children; I was… — Dick Strawbridge Copy Share Image
Who doesn't like playing with a railway? I think we've all got Thomas the Tank Engine in our blood. — Dick Strawbridge Copy Share Image
I was still a serving officer when I competed in 'Scrapheap Challenge,' initially as a major and then a lieutenant-colonel when I was joined… — Dick Strawbridge Copy Share Image
When I started presenting 'Scrapheap Challenge,' I was rubbish at tuning V8 engines. — Dick Strawbridge Copy Share Image
I was captain of the rugby side at Shrivenham - as were my two brothers after me. — Dick Strawbridge Copy Share Image
I could never work out how to shave my top lip without cutting myself. — Dick Strawbridge Copy Share Image
For a nation that spends a lot of time talking about the weather, we don't seem to realise just how much sunshine we actually… — Dick Strawbridge Copy Share Image
