A Strumpet of London: and a pig pincher (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781496094674)

Robert Brow (Rob) is an Edinburgh Scot. In 1949 he, his sister and parents sailed to Melbourne, Australia, though family connections with Victoria go back as far as the 1840s. He attended the Royal High School of Edinburgh, alma mater of Sir Walter Scott, Alexander Graham Bell, Lachlan Macquarie, an early Governor of N.S.W. He started teaching at an all (wayward) girls school and left not because of the teenagers but he couldn't stand some of the more conservative teachers! Life as a thespian appealed and he performed in such plays as 'Under Milkwood', 'Romeo and Juliet' and as the lead in 'Tea and Sympathy' and even appeared in Stanley Kramer's movie, "On The Beach". Television began in Australia and Rob was intrigued - starting at the bottom pushing scenery he soon turned his hand as a cameraman, floor manager and screen writer of drama where he met Charlton Heston, Anne Baxter before becoming TV and Radio produce /writer in several leading advertising agencies in Melbourne, Sydney and London, including JWT, Grey and Sharp-McManus working with such luminaries as Ronnies Corbett and Barker, Derek Nimmo, Maurice Denham, Jack Thompson, Pamela Stevenson. He even caught himself advising the great Jimmy Connors how to serve at tennis! As Program Manager of a TV station he also wrote and produced comedy skits and documentaries. Returning to Oz Rob became a director/producer/writer of film/TV production and started his own company in Melbourne and moved into documentary work culminating in "The Country Editor", "The Fighting Gunditzmara", "Other Mothers" and "Keeping Up With The Jones", which he co-wrote, directed and produced. All were seen in cinemas and on TV. As a result he was commissioned to produce documentaries and TV Programmes on various social subjects, of wrongs to be righted. Since moving to Queensland with his family in 1987 he has written numerous documentary and movie scripts and was asked to lecture on film writing to adult classes. Learning of his wife's rambunctious convict family history he was fascinated by the story of her (multi) grand parents, Mary and George and has spent years researching and traveling to the places which touched their lives. Residing for long periods in London and the U.S Nola and Rob 'retired' to Brisbane, Australia, have two beloved children, Justin and Natasha, seven adored grandchildren, a rickety old Polly Dog and two neurotic felines.