Darrell was a child of the sixties and he yearns for all that was good from that bygone age: great music, football without diving, football fans who supported their local team (Leicester City and the Tigers), petrol at £1 a gallon, pubs that served draft Mild rather than Lager – in fact, those heady days when it was possible to have a good night out for a couple of quid and still have change left over for the bus home.

This self-confessed technophobe remains convinced that the best music (Dylan, Led Zep and Van the Man) should be played on vinyl, using a good old fashioned turntable. (Yes, he still has one.) If he’s ever late for a customer appointment, please be gentle with him: it’s probably because he’s been trying to persuade the nice lady in his SatNav to learn to read a map and stop telling him what to do.

A graduate mechanical engineer, Darrell’s career has taken him to places as diverse as Cornish tin mining, Michelin Tyre manufacture and Tungstone Batteries but none of this could really prepare him for the cut, thrust and edge-of-your-seat excitement of the 21st century cartonboard merchant.

Darrell combined his love of sport and travel in 1997, when he followed the Lions to South Africa. He still remembers fondly those days under Martin O’Neill when Leicester City were regular visitors to Wembley. In recent years his travel itinerary has included most European countries, Russia, Namibia, Thailand, Peru and both U.S. coasts. (That’s some carbon footprint, Darrell!)

It’s not fair to pretend that Darrell has made no concessions to the latter part of the 20th Century. He liked Radiohead enough to invest in a CD player and has become a bit of a wiz with his wireless laptop. Nonetheless, his heart still yearns for the days when the closest we got to mobile technology was the revolving restaurant at the top of the Post Office tower.