Geoff Capes and an agricultural labourer, being able to load twenty tons of potatoes in twenty minutes. He joined Cambridgeshire Constabulary in 1970, and remained in the police for ten years. First and foremost, Capes was a shot putter and represented his country over a span of 11 years, winning two Commonwealth Games and two Indoor European Championship titles. His first major games were the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, where he finished fourth. In the next two games in 1974 and 1978 he took the gold medal. In this period he also became the European Indoor Champion in both 1974 and
Bernard Capes epidemic. A memorial plaque commemorating his life is in Winchester Cathedral (where he worked in the years leading up to his death), affixed to the wall by the door which leads to the crypt. Capes' son Renalt Capes, and grandson Ian Bernard Graham Burns, are also published authors. The following stories are not included in the six short story collections:- Bernard Capes Bernard Edward Joseph Capes (30 August 1854 – 2 November 1918) was an English author. Capes was born in London, one of eleven children: his elder sister, Harriet Capes, was a noted translator and author of more than