Karl Holford
Karl belongs to: The Diving Centre Ltd
Karl learnt to dive through his father Stan. He grew up with diving with his brother Michael. Karl manages The Diving Centre Ltd, providing the diving community with equipment, training and advice.
Karl was interviewed by Carl Greenwood on 17 January 2006. The interview took place at Discovery Museum History office and lasted 38 minutes and 50 seconds.
Growing up in the diving community
"I was sort of brought up in the diving orientated world"
I was sort of brought up in the diving orientated world. As a consequence I used to, I was diving from the age of eight with my, with my dad. I have great memories of my brother and I, Michael, and he’s a couple of years younger than me, but when we were like eight, nine, 10, 11 you know, just up the coast and off the rocks with my dad.
Karl has 17 memories in the memorynet:
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Growing up in the diving community
- Learning to dive in the North East
- The Dive School
- Sea life in the North East
- Weather and conditions
- Development of diving equipment
- Sounds
- Smells
Diver and jellyfish- St Abbs Head
- Cawfield Quarry
- Moving the Diving Centre
- Scapa Flow
- Freddy the Dolphin
- The Diving Centre Ltd
- The Diving Centre Ltd
This memory has these themes:
Childhood | Leisure | Lifestyles
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