29th February 1984 to 24th January 2011

The 29th of February 1984, a leap year, Relax by Frankie goes to Hollywood is at number 1, Canadian PM Pierre Elliott Trudeau announced he is stepping down, Maggie Thatcher is PM and Ronald Regan President. Its a Wednesday, Jill & Phill Anson drive to The Victoria Hospital in Lichfield to have their second son Michael James Anson.
I Grew up on the Boley Park estate in Lichfield with my older brother Timothy Philip Anson and later my younger sister Jessica Louise Anson. I attended Scotch Orchard Primary School where i first met many of my still be friends. Many of my obsessions began at this school, my hate of sports especially football, my love of ships, especially the Titanic and my obsessions with holidays.

My 1st class at Scotch Orchard Primary

Every year we enjoyed a family holiday to destinations such as Lanzarote, Menorca, Portugal and Spain, all that changed with the arrival of the caravan!!! Year after year we caravanned in France until 1997, these trips sparked many more obsessions, including Ferries & Canoeing. In October 1996 i discovered a letter in the kitchen from Virgin Holidays, i opened it and discovered my parents had booked a trip for us all to Florida for April 8th 1997. So sparked my next obsession, the USA. 


In 1995 i started High School, Netherstowe High School, here i met most of my best friends David Stokes, David Kitchen, Freya Reid, Richard Wiggett, Jenny Curtis to name a few. I started high school a bit of a dumbass! But by the time i left i had 11 GCSE's & 4 A-Levels with a confirmed offer to study Biomedical Sciences at Lancaster University. During my time at Netherstowe i developed an interest in the sciences and aviation, i read my first book! 1984 by George Orwell, which remains my favorite. I travelled with my family to Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Miami, Naples Florida and with Scouts Cyprus. During my time in school i had many part-time jobs from simple paper boy, to shop assistant and waiter, i even worked in a curtain rail factory for about a week!

My 6th form photo was taken at 1100 on September 11th 2001

I spent my final summer before attending University with my close friend in the Greek resort of Faliraki, an interesting experience to say the least, all i can say is Twig a beat you at the bungee run and i still think Stokes doesn't forgive me for the aftersun incident. And so to the next stage in my life, University.

First Year

Eeebob the Kegg

The Kegg

I moved to Lancaster in 2002 to Study Biological Sciences with Biomedicine and minor in Geography. I lived in Flookburgh block, part of Carmel College. Most of my first year is a bit of a blur, but i do remember some awesome times with Guy Dixon, Robert Fentem, Christopher Hatt, Adam Boyns & Adam Bishop. For Easter 2003 i travelled back to Uni a week early to catchup with some work, during this time i noticed someone was watching me from the third floor of my block. It turned out to be Catherine Luff.


In my second year i moved into a flat in Lancaster with Rob, Hatt and Andy, it was the worst flat in history, but it was behind a Chinese and next to walkabout, what more do you need as a student. Cate became my girlfriend. I Holidayed in Cyprus with Kitch in the summer and me and Cate booked our first holiday together, Florida.

Disney

Hurricane

Our Fist holiday together in Orlando was awesome, i had taken a part time job at Good Hope Hospital as an auxiliary Nurse to pay for it and Cate worked at NHS Direct. We did all the usual Orlando stuff and then got stranded by a Hurricane! We returned safely two days late for Uni and moved into our brand new halls of residence. I studied in my final year towards my dissertation; The effects of BCR-ABL PKC on haemopoitic progenitor calls in chronic myeloid leukaemia, we both graduated and moved home, a little fatter!

Graduation

Graduation

Brugee

Amsterdam

Lanzarote

Belle & Sebastian

After graduating i had hoped to train as a Dr and Cate a nurse, ultimately we both trained as Registered Nurse at UCE in Birmingham. Just after New years 2006 me and Cate moved into our first flat, in Edgbaston. Cate continued working part time for NHS Direct and i started working in a call centre for Primecare Forensics. We claimed our first Cat, Sebastian after a few months in Spire Court. We holidayed in Lanzarote, Amsterdam, Bruges, Cyprus And Fuertaventura and i Qualified as a Staff Nurse in 2008, my first post, a respiratory ward at Selly Oak Hospital. After six months on S5 i moved to A & E, Cate Qualified and started work in the childrens hospital. Later that year we moved to our second flat, in Harborne.
In 2008 i proposed to Cate, we married in 2009. Our honeymoon to the west coast of the USA, was delayed by a detour to Iceland due to a heart attack, but we got compensation in the form of a free holiday to Boston. We travelled to Florida again in 2009 as well as Normandy with Cates parents, Pam and Mark.

Wedding

Vegas

Wedding

Normandy

2010 saw the arrival of our second Cat Lilly, Holidays to Paris, Cyprus, St Malo and Boston. I Moved to the new QE hospital in Birmingham. Cate continues to work at BCH

Boston

Disneyland Paris

Lilly

St Malo

And so here we are up-to-date!!!