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 More Quotes by Dick Strawbridge More Quotes From Dick Strawbridge My body was built through years of good food - and beer. Dick Strawbridge good good-food beer food All insulation is environmentally friendly. Some installation has better environmental credentials, but what matters is the energy it saves. Dick Strawbridge some better environmental energy Who doesn't like playing with a railway? I think we've all got Thomas the Tank Engine in our blood. Dick Strawbridge like think railway blood I'm a very simple person. Dick Strawbridge simple-person person very simple My daughter, Charlotte Strawbridge, has recorded an album, and my favourite song from that is 'Empires Made Of Sand.' Dick Strawbridge sand empires daughter song Life is all about energy and passion and living it. Dick Strawbridge living passion energy life I was quite capable at school, but I spent a lot of time in detention. Dick Strawbridge quite capable time school When I started presenting 'Scrapheap Challenge,' I was rubbish at tuning V8 engines. Dick Strawbridge challenge started presenting rubbish I just think our British cuisine and the different influences we pull together make it special when it comes to food. Dick Strawbridge think special together food I love a challenge and a bit of fun. Dick Strawbridge challenge i-love fun love 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 you achievement work people I was captain of the rugby side at Shrivenham - as were my two brothers after me. Dick Strawbridge captain side me two 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 eat i-am down home 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 challenge still serving team 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 year me two school For me, London seemed to be frantic without going anywhere. Dick Strawbridge going without me london For over 20 years, I was in the Army, and it's given me a real love of history. Dick Strawbridge me army love history We forget the importance of engineering, but it's been used to design everything from St. Paul's Cathedral to The Shard. Dick Strawbridge everything engineering design forget I had an idyllic childhood with the freedom to go and play. Dick Strawbridge go childhood freedom play 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 family work life children
