Jim met his wife Sandra at the Locarno dance hall when he was 23.They were married on September 20th, 1968. The following year they had their first child, a daughter they named Tracey. Jim found out that he had a tumour on the pituitary gland and was operated on to remove it. The good news was that it was benign. Eleven years after the birth of their daughter they had a son they named David, life was really good for several years but due to ill health Jim had to take early retirement, he was only 45. He lost his fight for life in 2005 due to a massive heart attack.............