He has curated several major exhibitions but now works chiefly with the archives, encouraging and supporting researchers. For the past 10 years he has travelled with Played in Britain author Hugh Hornby, climbing walls and taking photographs for Uppies and Downies and Bowled Over. He lives near Preston and has published a history of his local village team, Higher Walton, who were Liverpool FC's first ever league opponents. He supports Preston North End and his home town team Buxton FC in equal measure.