Frank J P Doherty, website editor and marathon man (44)

Thames Embankment, 25 miles, 6h54m into the course

< Click to read about my Luton marathon!

April 2003, Stratford, England - Acknowledgement for above: official photographer, Shakespeare Marathon 2003

11 August 2010 You need broadband and a fast PC for the best bits in this site...

This is a long homepage!! Click for my C.V. Click for Ben Doherty

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See us at Kingshurst, running 5 miles!

See me in the EDF Birmingham Half Marathon 2008 < There are photo's and video.

SEE PAM'S BARBERSHOP CHORUS, Second City Sound - January 2009 !

Hear an MP3 track This file is about 3.2 MB. See the snow from Ben's window! NB! This file is about 10MB

Doctor Who proposed tune 2005 (acknowledgement BBCtv) The video is our home movie 2008.

The above sound and video files need Windows Media Player or compatible.

THANKYOU FOR READING SO FAR!

For my last will and testament, click here!

About Frank J P Doherty (BA Cantab, 1972) formerly MIChemE

I first programmed a computer directly in 1972. It was huge (about the size of a small car) and there was only room left for one seat in the room. That was at Cambridge in my post-graduate year.

I then moved to the former GKN Contractors, where I spent happy years learning commercial aspects of life. I even went to Paris with a group of Korean businessmen. I have a strong linguistic streak and speak fairly good French and a little Russian, Spanish and German.

I then moved to the former British Gas Corporation, where I renewed my interest in computers, learnt more FORTRAN and started on Microsoft QuickBASIC. I had early experience of things like the internet on the company's internal long-distance electronic messaging facility. That was in the days before Windows. I only manage 2 websites at present, but have several possibilities in parish websites and a small (one-man) business.

I still use my home-made DOS programs from about 1990on, but of course I put them in windows nowadays. See my running records 1989-2009 in raw data form! Note you may need to plug in MS Notepad to see that file... I am experimenting with EXE files in my website (but I guess file management may differ from good old MS-DOS) - I'll see what Artisan think of it!

See me in the London Marathon 2003! Edith Piaf, singer... One of my favourites: see Edith Piaf 1915-1963

THANK YOU FOR READING SO FAR!

I dedicate this website to :

Jean Jay 1949-2004 my cousin and a fine artist

Alice Martineau 1983-2003

Winnie Doherty 1907-1998 (my mother) Click here to see my mother (painting)

John Doherty 1901-1977 (my father)

Edward Seymour 1923-2009 ......His funeral was on Friday 23rd January at 10am at St Paul's Golds Hill.

AND ESPECIALLY MY DEAR SON BEN DOHERTY 1984-2008

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Click here to see Ben in 1997 (sketch)

Please note that Ben's ashes are secreted in above ground vault number 185 at Robin Hood Cemetery, Solihull, England. It is my wish that, should I be the next family member to die, my ashes may be added to his vault, which has room for 2. The lease on his vault expires in 2028AD, when I hope I or my heirs will renew it.

SEE IF YOU CAN GUESS THE NAMES OF MY SECRET PHOTOGRAPHS!

THANKYOU FOR READING SO FAR! Click the button to skip to end!

GRATEFUL THANKS TO MALCOLM, OF ARTISAN INTERNET FOR ALL HIS HELP. Phone him on 01425 629443, in New Milton.

Click here to say goodbye!He!He!

Those were the days! 19 July 2003

Can you spot anyone? Gladys is sitting down. I think Pam is on the back row!

Below see (in high resolution) the entrance to St Peter's. On big occasions you may see a banner and perhaps even balloons.

Hint - Most of my pictures have hyperlinks.

Guess what!