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present) and Chairman of The British Motorcycle Charitable Trust, whose aim is to secure and
restore rare British motorcycles and make them accessible to the public through museums and
collections. He and his son Graham set up Black Cat Racing in 2001 to successfully build and race
TVR sports cars, developing a sideline in producing parts for a number of TVR models.
Ian has lived in Wombourne since 1975 but also owned a house in Normandy for a number
of years before turning his holiday interests to motorhoming.

570 Abdul (‘Rocky’) ROKIB (1968- ) (Inducted 7.6.2010; resigned June 2014
owing to ill health.) Restaurants. Proprietor of Rocky's Wall Heath
Tandoori Restaurant, now called the New Wall Heath Tandoori, in High
Street, Wall Heath. He was born in Bangladesh and came to the UK when
he was 8 years old as his parents sought a better life. From the age of 14
years he worked in restaurants together with his brothers to help the
family budget. They now have an interest in several Asian food outlets
throughout the region although the Wall Heath restaurant is his main
concern. He left the club because chronic kidney failure required him to
have frequent dialysis until he received a kidney transplant July 2017. His home is in Perry Barr,
Birmingham.

571 Keith LAW (1953 - ) (Inducted 12.7.2010; President 2013-14; still a member at 2022. Formerly
a member of Tipton Rotary Club from 2006 and its President Elect when
the club disbanded in 2010.) Graphic Design. Proprietor of Quill Design
Limited in Netherton until it moved to Cradley Heath in 2018, and then
was voluntarily wound up in 2022 on his retirement. The firm was
founded by Keith in 1992 and offered a wide range of design and
production, including corporate logos and stationery, trade catalogues
and brochures, exhibition banners, posters, and web design. For about 10
years he designed and published the Rotary District 1210 quarterly
magazine ROTO.
Keith was brought up in Tipton and educated at Tipton Grammar School before spending his
working life in the printing industry. He started as an apprentice printer at West Bromwich
company Joseph Wones Ltd.; joined Kenrick & Jefferson Ltd, also in West Bromwich, from 1974
to 1985 and reached Master Printer status; then became Sales Manager for the Keighley
(Yorkshire) firm of printers Coltec-Parker Limited for 7 years, until founding Quill Design in 1992.
His wife Diane was a finalist in both Miss UK and Miss Great Britain contests but sadly she died
prematurely in 2006. Politics has always been an interest of Keith and having been a member
of the Labour Party he chaired branch and district committees and was a delegate to the national
Conference. Walking the canal systems of the UK used to take up much of his spare time but he
now chases a golf ball.

572 Pauline Ann GREGORY (1944- ) (Inducted 19.7.2010; President 2014-15
and President-Elect for 2022-23, made a Paul Harris fellow 2016, still a
member at 2022; previously member of Rotary Club of Tipton 2000-10 and
President 2005-06 and 2008-09.) Education. Head Teacher at the
Alexandra High School, Tipton 1995 until retiring in 2000, after which she
worked part-time in London for the Department of Education, being the
National Trainer and Assessor for Personal and Social Education, and also
became part-time Manager of the Graduate Teacher Programme at
Wolverhampton University until 2009 before retiring for good.
She was born and lived in Beckenham, north Kent until coming to train as a secondary teacher
at Dudley Training College. Whilst at the College her interest in Guiding (and as holder of the
Queens Guide Award from the age of 13) led her to become Guide Leader at Dormston Girls