{"id":12736,"date":"2024-01-09T10:21:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T10:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifebookmemoirs.com\/?p=12736"},"modified":"2024-02-21T11:40:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T11:40:42","slug":"whats-new-in-the-libraryreflections-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifebookmemoirs.com\/en-gb\/whats-new-in-the-libraryreflections-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s New in the Library?
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During the course of a LifeBook Memoirs<\/a> project, our ghostwriters listen to more than 16 hours of audio recordings. Through all of my time listening to Bob\u2019s interviews, I can safely say that there wasn\u2019t a minute that I didn\u2019t enjoy. His infectious good humour, wit and warmth seemed to write themselves onto the page.<\/p>

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Bob was born and bred in Sunderland, where he has a rich family heritage. He began his working life in the Sunderland shipyards<\/a> and progressed to an interesting and varied career as a staff development expert, professor and consultant. Bob co-founded the South Tyne Accredited Training Centre, which set a new precedent for post-16 education and was copied up and down the country.<\/p>

Outside of work, Bob devoted a large amount of his time to football, first as a semi-professional player and later as a coach, manager, secretary, referee and chairman. His sense of community spirit shines brightly in these stories, as he tells of transforming his club into a regional powerhouse. As Bob says, \u201cFootball is more than just a sporting outlet for me; it\u2019s the reason why I know so many people around Sunderland.\u201d Indeed, Bob\u2019s book is a paean to the city of Sunderland as well as an intimate life story.<\/p>

A dedication to family and friends<\/h2>

The family and friends who have supported Bob throughout his life are interwoven into every chapter of his LifeBook, but his final chapter is specifically dedicated to each of the important people in his life. A LifeBook<\/a> is an opportunity to write your life story, of course, but, for Bob, it also presented an opportunity to pay tribute to the people behind his successes.<\/p>

None of these people are more significant than Bob\u2019s wife of 59 years. Bob describes their relationship as \u201cthe rock on which everything else stands, reliable and only ever improving.\u201d As well as being central to Bob\u2019s life, his wife helped him in each stage of the writing process, contributing to some stories and helping to clarify others. Together, they have raised two sons, of whom they are clearly very proud. In fact, Bob\u2019s primary motivation for writing his memoir was so that his sons could read his full life story. As Bob says at the end of his book, \u201cI would like to be remembered and judged through my sons. I don\u2019t need a legacy \u2013 they<\/em> are my legacy.\u201d<\/p>

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