Patrick Ryan (author and journalist) then transferred to The Fourth Regiment of the Reconnaissance Corps of the Royal Armoured Corps. He served in North Africa, Italy, and Greece. He moved to Leeds in the 1950s as Assistant Head Postmaster, and his "apprenticeship" in adapting to Yorkshire life is related in his humorous memoir "How I Became A Yorkshireman", published in the late 1960s. He later became Head Postmaster at Harrogate and was a regular contributor for "Punch" and The New Scientist in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as writing several television plays and some episodes of "The Army Game" and "Bootsie and Snudge" both
Dennis Spooner the BBC TV comedian Harry Worth. This eventually led to his writing several scripts for "Coronation Street" in 1960. He also contributed to the ITV police procedural series "No Hiding Place" and "Ghost Squad" as well as to the top-rated comedy series "Bootsie and Snudge" and to ATV's attempt to revive Tony Hancock's career in "Hancock" (1963). Around this time Spooner met Brian Clemens; they struck up a partnership that lasted for the rest of Spooner's career. Clemens offered the young writer work on "The Avengers" which was near the beginning of its nine-year run on ITV. Clemens bought two