Complex sentence: In 1945 Ken left school aged 14 and took up work as a motor mechanic in Reading, Fred Titmus saying "he could drive anything from a tank to a scooter".
Split into simpler sentences: In 1945 Ken left school aged 14 and took up work as a motor mechanic in Reading. As a result he was a trained motor mechanic and Fred Titmus said "he could drive anything from a tank to a scooter".