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
Bootsie and Snudge Snudge is Lord Kitchener. Storylines revolve around the club's members and guests and the relationships between the four members of staff. Ten years later, and the positions have reversed as Bootsie wins £1 million on the Football pools and Snudge – an employee of Permapools – becomes his self-appointed financial adviser. A total of four series of "Bootsie and Snudge" were made, the first three in black-and-white and the final series in colour. The first series of 40 episodes aired from 23 September 1960 to 23 June 1961 on Fridays at 8.55pm. The second series, consisting of 29 episodes, was