[Admin note: the posts below were split from another thread in order to give more visibility to John's introductory post.]
I feel I should introduce myself as I have been sat at the back here for some time.
My name is John Bamford and I have been with the OBC for about twenty years now
In fact twenty years in June of this year,its not a date that I am likely to forget.
I have been practicing steadily ever since,if you can call two steps forward and one back steady practise.
It has been quite an education to hear of the problems that alot of people have encountered in the OBC.
I wish you all well and trust that you will not think badly of all of us in the OBC.
Perhaps here in Telford we are too far away from the centre of power to attract so much controversy.
Thank you once again for letting me hear your histories,I will not be bothering you too much in the future
as typing anything this long causes terrible stress to the one finger that does all the work,the left index tries to help but it is more trouble than it's worth
Peace and Cake
John Bamford.