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The Archive
ARCHIVE: Part One
IN THE BEGINNING...
PETE PERRY was born in Benfleet, Essex UK on 30th June 1937 in the middle of the depression. Pete hung on in the womb for ten months before being born, and who could blame him? Earlier, in December 1936, there was a constitutional crisis, when King Edward Vlll abdicated for the love of his life. His brother, King George Vl succeeded him, his coronation taking place on 12th May 1937. Pete then decided things were safe enough in the world to be born, - but then, on 1st September 1939, when Pete was 2 years old, war between The UK and Germany was declared! Pete's dad Frank was serving in The Seaforth Highlanders and was stationed at Fort George, in the Highlands of Scotland, so as soon as war broke out, Pete, his mum and two sisters were sent to Fort George, where they lived in Married Quarters in the fort ityself.
to love the wildlife that abounded in the Highlands, and would spend hours on 'The Golden Common'watching wild hares, deer and even wildcats. Nothing happened in the first few months of the war, - they called it 'The Phoney War', so Pete was sent back to Walthamstow London. Unfortunately, he arrived just as the London 'Blitz' started, so experienced the horrors of bombs, air raids and doodlebugs, having a few 'near misses', with a flying bomb landing on houses just up the road from him.
promptly sent back to Scotland, to live in Old Mills Cottage in Elgin, where he helped on a farm. He returned to London to find bomb sites everywhere. Noticing how plants soon colonised these bombsites, he realised that, whatever Mankind did to the world around him, nature would always recover. At the age of Eight years old, Pete became one of the first environmentalists, vowing to protect the Earth from Mankind's greed and destruction. Pete had started drawing and writing stories at a very young age, and by the time he was 11 years old, he was producing a weekly comic, KOMIC KAPERS WEEKLY, known affectionately as the KK, for his mates at Chapel End Secondary Modern School in Walthamstow. E17. Since then, he has gone on to write illustrated articles for magazines on The Environment, Horticulture and Social Justice, and writing childrens and adult books. Below is Pete at 11, when he began The KK...
WORLD OF PETE PERRY...
Here is an original KK comic from the early fifties. enjoy reading this comic, - it was also popular with the teachers, as Pete found out one day when he had to report to the staff room to find the teachers having a good laugh over it...
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Here, Pete learned 
Above: Pete's dad Frank getting married to his mum, Doris. Note Frank is in his Seaforth Highlander uniform.
Above: Pete with his sisters Patricia and Eileen.
After leaving school at 15, Pete teamed up with his mates Cyril Smith and Derek Soall (pictured above) to start up a cartoon film company.
Originally called 'Carefree Cartoons', the name was changed in favour of Filmart Studios. Pete and Cyril were conscripted at the age of 18. Pete enetered the RAF, whilst Cyril went into The Army.
Derek, being disabled, was exempt, and became a trainee camerman for Pearl & Dean, during which time he met Bob Godfrey, introducing Pete and Cyril to the future creator of 'Roobarb and Custard', 'Noah & Nellie', and 'Henry's Cat'.
Unfortunately, Derek died on the operating table at the age of 24 after complications with a hernia operation.
As Derek was the only one who had the technical abilities, and because Pete & Cyril couldn't possibly carry on the dream without their old friend, so Filmart Studios folded.
Above: Pete Grandma Mary Anne Caroline Card (nee Mee) and Pete's Granddad William Joseph Card
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Pete entered The RAF in 1955, and decided to train as a Nursing Attendent. Becuase of the intensive training, he had to sign on for three years, instead of the regulatory two.
Whilst stationed in The Sick Quarters at RAF Ruislip, he took over the station radio record request show. He broadcast on Tuesday evenings, which was 'Bull Night', so he called the show 'After The Bull', and it was a raging 
success.
The launch of Pete's new show coincided with the start of The Rock 'n' Roll era, and he interspersed the playing of records with short humorous sketches.
He also arranged 'Hops' (early discos) in the NAAFI, and produced posters for dances, and even recruitment posters!
It was during his time at RAF Ruislip that he met his future first wife, Corporal Dorothy Story...
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Dorothy and Pete were married for almost nine years, and she gave birth to Vivien in 1961, and Deborah in 1966...
