Born in 1939 Paddy Browne grew up in Ireland before leaving in 1957 to serve in the Royal Air Force. Paddy has worked for local government and the National Health Service in the UK prior to his retirement in 2001. Paddy study art at Leeds Polytechnic (now Leeds Metro University) and later studied for a MSc in the social sciences at Southampton University. Paddy Browne lives with his wife, Gill, in North Shropshire and are both inveterate travellers and have toured extensively throughout New England, Europe and the Middle East. Paddy has published two books with Blurb, "Through A Retired Lens" and "Half Remembered Days".