A biography for Dick Strawbridgehasn’t been written yet.
“Life is all about energy and passion and living it.”
“I'm a very simple person.”
“My daughter, Charlotte Strawbridge, has recorded an album, and my favourite song from that is 'Empires Made Of Sand.'”
“My body was built through years of good food - and beer.”
“Nature is so phenomenal.”
“Sadly, I have very vague memories of Burma. The family was forced to leave when the generals took over.”
“For a nation that spends a lot of time talking about the weather, we don't seem to realise just how much sunshine we actually get. Maybe that's because we tend to concentrate on the negative aspects.”
“I left the Army in 2000 and went into industry before I started appearing on TV in 2003. My best job there was on a series called 'Crafty Tricks Of War' for the BBC. I loved that because it celebrated how clever and inventive people are and the ingenuity that goes into solving problems.”
“I was captain of the rugby side at Shrivenham - as were my two brothers after me.”
“For over 20 years, I was in the Army, and it's given me a real love of history.”
“Although I am the oldest with the biggest moustache, my brothers are progressively taller; I put it down to the extra potatoes they were able to eat after I left home.”
“My old man used to say that I would argue the hind leg of a donkey. If I didn't agree with something, I wasn't prepared to accept it.”
“I've spent 20 years in the Army, and I'm just so fiercely proud of being British.”
“With a little bit of common sense, anything is achievable.”