b'I am constantly searching for new sources ofIt caused impossible stress, triggered other things timber, Moira and I take holidays to do just that.and divorce number two came along. It was Well, I think they are holidays, Moira thinks theycomplicated and hard and I have no doubt that are work.stress and health were part of the problem. Having This is probably a good time to explain that I havelost one child I wasnt prepared to see my daughters been married three times. Divorced, divorced, verylive away from me, so for much of the time I was happy thank you. No beheadings, yet. Im sorry ifnow a single parent with two teenage girls while you are getting confused.It should become cleartrying to run a particularly difficult business. The eventually.good guy here was Steve, who worked for me for about 12 years and kept everything going while Im at my happiest amongst timber, I have beenI was being mother and father.Thanks Steve. known to mix up dozens of matched sets just soHaving a social life during all this was impossible, that I can sort it out again, and the most excitingso after a while I had a bash at Internet dating. days are when new deliveries arrive. Lots of woodI drew up a list of ten boxes that needed ticking. comes through my workshop. I keep the bestMoira ticked twelve of them. Thank you Sir Tim bits and sell on the rest. I like to have it in stockBerners Lee, if you play guitar, I owe you one. for at least two years before I use it, and some ofMaybe it could be the Fylde Sir Timothy. it has been here more than thirty years. I haveNot a lot of people know that William Shakespeare enough now for probably about 5,000 guitars, I aminvented the internet: One of Othellos lines is currently trying to label everythingand Im havingtheres magic in the web there - believe me now?trouble remembering where it all came from.Moira and I tell all our kids to be very careful about Further developments meeting people on the Net, we tell them its full of In 1998 business was good again, but thingsstrange characters. happened with staff at work, it was one of thoseAlthough it may have been life crisis number four, employment entanglements which I explainedthis is where I began to feel that things started to before and which can have huge consequences. JP Cooper Ben OttewellToby HayI came across JP by accident, Id no ideaBen is a founder member of Gomez, aToby was one of a number of artists who he played a Fylde Guitar or that he wasMercury Music prize winner, and a goodI put forward to State 51 records when so well known in contemporary music. friend of John Smith. Bens wife arrangedthey asked if I knew any worthwhile new an almost secret order for a customtalent. Part of the record deal was a new guitar ukulele, which worked out ratherguitar - and Toby went on to record with well. it on the Nimbles charity album.86'