Routh

Routh played the piano from his early years and later studied music at the now Colchester Institute. He qualified as a teacher at Bretton Hall in Yorkshire and also obtained his PSV and HGV 1 licences, driving buses for Eastern National in Clacton as a holiday job.

After qualifying, he went off on the following adventures returning in ’76 from a spell in the States. He then taught music for a while but became disillusioned with the job so left and formed his own small building firm; notably, they built St. Clare’s RC Church in Framlingham.

Alongside this, he kept up his music playing for shows and performing with various bands, including his own, the “Stowe Valley Stompers”. After retiring from building, he formed yet another band “Horizon” that features the music and story of Karen Carpenter and for which he wrote the script and compiled all the musical arrangements.