Presenting the afternoon programme at Radio Lancashire, his regular guests included motoring journalist Zogg Zieglar, who would review a car of the week by being interviewed by Hammond over the phone. According to an episode of Top Gear (Season 16, Episode 5), Richard's first job was shoveling grit into a water filtration plant.Īfter graduation, Hammond worked for several BBC radio stations, including Radio Cleveland, Radio York, Radio Cumbria, Radio Leeds and Radio Newcastle.

Originally a pupil of Solihull School, a fee-paying boys' independent school, he moved to Ripon Grammar School, and from 1986 to 1988 attended Harrogate College of Art and Technology. He attended Blossomfield Infant School in Solihull's Sharmans Cross district from the age of 3–7. In the mid-1980s Hammond moved with his family (mother Eileen (née Dunsby), father Alan, and younger brothers Andrew, writer of the 'Crypt' series, and Nicholas) to the North Yorkshire cathedral city of Ripon located 10 miles south of the market town of Bedale, and 8 miles south of the historic village of Thornton Watlass where his father ran a probate business in the market square. Fence posts can also be used to build more commercial structures such as sturdy wire fencing.ĭue to the range of posts that we have such as Sawn Fence Posts, Planed Fence Posts, Concrete Fence Posts, Galvanised & Coloured Posts and plenty more available from our suppliers, we really do have the posts to suit everyone.Īll our fence posts are available for same-day collection or speedy delivery.Richard Mark Hammond was born the oldest of three boys on 19 December 1969 in Solihull, England, and is the grandson of workers in the Birmingham car industry. Our fence posts are ideal for use as vertical supports for a deck area and also for supports as gate posts between wooden fences.

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