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About the author……………

Keith Sanders, a “Yorkshireman”, was nominated in the 1990’s for an entry in
the Martin Miller reference journal “BEST OF BRITISH MEN”.
Keith is an authority on the behaviour of animals...particularly Horses...and was ‘press
ganged’ into the animal way of life by his family in about 1975.
Originally a newspaperman (of the old school), Keith has also encountered life in the
guise of a motor car and heavy commercial vehicle salesman; “general line salesman” for
the Firestone Tyre and Rubber Company; transport manager, and finally as a mobile crane
driver before returning to newspapers as a photojournalist in the 1980’s.
More recently (in 1988), he began the Northcote Heavy Horse Centre (a unique
enthralling and thrilling experience for all ages) in rural Lincolnshire....in partnership with
his wife Ruth (a Lincolnshire lass).
Keith is a confirmed Christian and BBC Television “Songs of Praise” visited the Centre
in 1995.
At the centre “today” (a Registered Charity and sanctuary for horses needing special
care) the animals are encouraged to develop their own characters. They provide the
entertainment for several thousand visitors every year.
Keith retired in 2008 after snapping his Achilles tendon and is continuing his lifetime as
a “raconteur” with a series of books and audio stories illustrating his unusual way of life!
Sammy the Shire Horse and his friends, story books for children, first went into print in
1993 together with a very much “ahead of its time” pair of audio books with identical words
plus sound effects and music. These are all gradually being re released as e books and
audio downloads.
Keith’s own “Diary Stories” were first published as a regular series in his local
newspaper in the late 1990’s.
Since then, Keith has continued to add to the huge number of intriguing and
entertaining “daily happenings” until they now form the basis of the six “It’s a Rum Life”
books.