Allan, as he was widely known, was born on the 10th February 1932 in the City of Liverpool. Leaving school at the age of 14 he began his working life in the insurance offices around Victoria Dock. Like many others he commenced his two years National Service with the Royal Air Force something which took him to the south of England, where he was to remain. Although Liverpool was always the place he called home and the team he supported with a passion far and wide.

Allan was able to continue his love of playing football and proudly recounted how he had been paid to play for a non-league side in an early round of the FA Cup, sadly this was as close as he could claim to turning 'pro' but it would do. It was whilst stationed at Notholt that Allan met his first wife Angela, they were later to have a son Glenn. He was able to transfer the skills he had obtained in the RAF to a place which would be the centre of all his remaining working life, a place at the time known to many simply as London Airport and a role with BEA (British European Airways). BEA was later to merge with BOAC to become British Airways. Plane travel was still in its early days and not, as it is today, within the reach of many everyday travellers. He often recalled that in the early days it was not uncommon to be working from tents before they were replaced with the buildings we see today. This was the beginning of a long association with Heathrow that saw him perform a number of roles with airlines such as PanAm and TWA. That experience enabled him to achieve the position of Station Manager for a newly emerging and fast growing airline Saudia, the national airline of Saudi Arabia. Overseeing all the challenges that brought including the first all-cargo routes between Saudi Arabia and Europe and the emerging wish for those making the annual pilgrimage (Hajj) to Mecca by air. It was during this period that he met and married his current wife Hazel.

Allan continued playing his football enjoying many a trip playing abroad and making some life long friends, many of whom themselves have passed away during the last 12 months.

1978 saw a new venture together with a former colleague from his PanAm days, Brian Beale, when  they became the co-owners of Skyliner Services who primarily were an aircraft cleaning company. It was sad to hear that Brian himself passed away the day before Allan.

A couple of years later having sold the business he took up a role with THF (Trust House Forte) as Airline Sales Director achieving in 1997 the accolade of "Best Worldwide Sales Person". He was astute enough not disclose exactly what he did allowing sales figures speak on his behalf, enabling him to remain in post throughout a number of takeovers and mergers well beyond retirement age. It was unheard of to reach retirement age in such positions let alone surpass it. This lead to a delay in being paid as nobody knew how to process a salary without pension contributions. This resulted to the following telephone conversation........"There aren't many people who can manage without a monthly income, and my wife is one of them"

In 1989 Allan became a Grandfather to Katie enjoying her company very much.

Allan finally decided to slow thing down and together with some friends and colleagues formed a consultancy Hotels for Airlines.

It was shortly after this that Allan presented symptoms that were later to be diagnosed as Parkinsons Disease which would go on to affect his speech and movement. For the last couple of years he had increasingly become house bound and developed Lewy Body Dementia, an ailment often associated with Parkinsons.

He died very peacefully at the RoyalSurrey Hospital, where he had been recieving palliative care, with Hazel and Glenn at his side.