Mike was born on 17 October, 1958 in the Redhill/Carshalton area where his mum and dad lived in a bungalow.

Not long afterwards, his parents moved to Torquay to help run a family haberdashery shop.

They were there for a few years before moving to Hartley Wintney, near to Mike’s grandparents.

The family then moved to Fleet where Mike attended school and moved again to a bungalow in Winchfield around the time Mike went to University.