Associate Liaison - Ken Newton

I am a widower with a daughter and 2 grandchildren. I spent my working life in the health service and as an honorary university lecturer. I still work at covid clinics and give occasional lectures to medical students.

I went to an open day in Wakefield and met the Wakefield group in summer 1987, then joined a course in autumn of the same year. In December, I took and passed my advanced driving test (cars). At the start of 1988, I was asked to become an observer, which I did and continued for several years. I was also vice chairman of the group. The high pressure of work took over and I became an inactive member of the group.

In 2019, I retrained as a local, then later as a national observer. I also participate in the training of young drivers (under 17s) on the Pathfinder course.