Some of my readers will know about my book, Alpabetty, Alpha Betty (Starters) about a girl who wants to be a signwriter. I wrote this because I was a signwriter myself, a long, long time ago.

I recently came across our local signwriter, Lee, working on the Angel pub in Coleford. He says there’s not enough full-time work for traditional signwriters. Everyone has computer made signs now. The plot of Alpha Betty has come true. All except for the happy ending. Lee says he dreams of painting boats on a sandy Greek shore!

So nice to see a real craftsman at work.