I have 11 years’ experience as a technical author, 6 of them managing documentation teams. It’s all a long way from his PhD in “Excretory-Secretory Products of Pentastomids” (the hosts were rattlesnakes!). As a documentation manager I have worked for Waters Corporation and Martin Dawes Sytsems (MDS). Having been made redundant in 2009 from MDS, I now find myself as the at numéro in Stockport. An active member of the ISTC I run the North West Area Group which meets regularly throughout the year, written a few articles for the ISTC Communicator magazine and spoken at TCUK conferences.
Outside work I’m a governor at two local schools, spend a lot of time in my gardens and I research my family history. I’ve also recently taken up Karate, following in the footsteps of one of my daughters who is now a Black Belt 1st Dan.
This blog has turned into more of a family history blog rather than anything else but I do still intend to span a few other subjects such as work, family and hobbies. I have a related blog devoted entirely to the writings of Margaret Shanks. I strongly recommend you visit it, she wrote better than I ever will.
D A C Jones Blog 
Hello I am a history professor in Ontario, Canada. My colleague and I are working on the “Household” columns in “The Scottish Farmer”. I would like to correspond with you if possible. Please email me at, lmahood@uoguelph.ca. Thank you for you consideration.
Hi David
I don’t know if you recall, but we corresponded some ten years ago about the Jones who lived in Stanmer.
I thought you might like to know that we’ve come across some beautifully drawn plans for Falmer Pond and Falmer Tanks (a precursor for the Water Catch at Stanmer). Apparently they were drawn by Frederick Jones and not as we had assumed by Thomas Jones, the creator of the scheme.
We found them at the East Sussex Records Office and wondered if you would be interested in seeing some of the scans we made a couple of years ago.
We think it very unlikely that there were not similar sketches and plans made for the Water Catch and Tanks and Reservoirs at Stanmer and wondered if you knew which branch of your family might have the originals?
We are still interested in getting you and your collection down to Stanmer Church one of these days, assuming we’re ever allowed to re-open.
Hope you are safe and well.
Keep up the good work.
Best wishes.
Sue Craig
Chair
Stanmer Preservation Society
ps did you ever discover any more about Norah Jones or why she visited in the 1970s?