For over 20 years, I was in the Army, and it's given me a real love of history. Dick Strawbridge More Quotes by Dick Strawbridge More Quotes From Dick Strawbridge My body was built through years of good food - and beer. Dick Strawbridge goodgood-foodbeerfood All insulation is environmentally friendly. Some installation has better environmental credentials, but what matters is the energy it saves. Dick Strawbridge somebetterenvironmentalenergy Who doesn't like playing with a railway? I think we've all got Thomas the Tank Engine in our blood. Dick Strawbridge likethinkrailwayblood I'm a very simple person. Dick Strawbridge simple-personpersonverysimple My daughter, Charlotte Strawbridge, has recorded an album, and my favourite song from that is 'Empires Made Of Sand.' Dick Strawbridge sandempiresdaughtersong Life is all about energy and passion and living it. Dick Strawbridge livingpassionenergylife When I joined the Army in the late '70s, there was a real threat from Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, so all of the '80s, I was engaged in what could be classed as conventional operations - that involved digging lots of trenches in Germany. Dick Strawbridge latearmyrealeurope I was quite capable at school, but I spent a lot of time in detention. Dick Strawbridge quitecapabletimeschool When I started presenting 'Scrapheap Challenge,' I was rubbish at tuning V8 engines. Dick Strawbridge challengestartedpresentingrubbish I just think our British cuisine and the different influences we pull together make it special when it comes to food. Dick Strawbridge thinkspecialtogetherfood I love a challenge and a bit of fun. Dick Strawbridge challengei-lovefunlove When you work with people, you buy into it, you work together and you pull together. It doesn't matter what your challenge is: there's a sense of achievement at the end of it. Dick Strawbridge youachievementworkpeople I was captain of the rugby side at Shrivenham - as were my two brothers after me. Dick Strawbridge captainsidemetwo Although I am the oldest with the biggest moustache, my brothers are progressively taller; I put it down to the extra potatoes they were able to eat after I left home. Dick Strawbridge eati-amdownhome I was still a serving officer when I competed in 'Scrapheap Challenge,' initially as a major and then a lieutenant-colonel when I was joined by my brothers in a team called 'Brothers in Arms.' Dick Strawbridge challengestillservingteam I passed the 11-plus and went up to the senior school, where my two older sisters had already gone. I was in the 'A' stream, but in the third year, they asked me to give up Latin; no one had ever got 7 per cent before. Dick Strawbridge yearmetwoschool For me, London seemed to be frantic without going anywhere. Dick Strawbridge goingwithoutmelondon We forget the importance of engineering, but it's been used to design everything from St. Paul's Cathedral to The Shard. Dick Strawbridge everythingengineeringdesignforget I had an idyllic childhood with the freedom to go and play. Dick Strawbridge gochildhoodfreedomplay As one of seven children, our family life was full of energy and fun - we all knew how to laugh and work hard. Dick Strawbridge familyworklifechildren
