Chips off old block

0 Comments | Sunday Mirror, Jun 6, 2004

GRANDFATHER Peter Tomkins is launching a new career as a teacher - at the age of 73.

He has gained a BSc from the Open University and will teach A- level electronics.

Peter, of Beech Hill, near Reading, Berks, studied at night to become a chartered engineer after leaving school in 1948.

Then after retiring he decided his chance had finally come. "It's a lifelong dream come true," he said.