Stockport charity-founder, teacher, referee and globetrotter publishes memoirs

By Alasdair Perry

4th Mar 2024 | Local Features

Stockport local Keith Mills has published his memoirs, a record of a massively varied life spanning a myriad of countries and occupations. He is pictured here with his wife Jeanette and a child who has benefited from the Forever Friends of Uganda project (Image - Keith Mills)
Stockport local Keith Mills has published his memoirs, a record of a massively varied life spanning a myriad of countries and occupations. He is pictured here with his wife Jeanette and a child who has benefited from the Forever Friends of Uganda project (Image - Keith Mills)

You'd be hard-pushed to find a Stopfordian who has lived a similar life to Keith Mills. 

Keith has founded a charity in Uganda, met an African dictator (three times, at that) worked in the US during the peak of the civil rights movement, ran a gîte in a French town, and much more. 

Now living in Woodsmoor with his wife Jeanette, Keith has published his memoirs, titled: "And Now For Something Completely Different". The book elaborates on all of the above, and more, demonstrating what can be done when you follow Keith's motto of 'just do it'. 

"[The memoirs] started as something for our grandchildren", Keith explains. "[Jeanette and me] are both in our 80s now, and when we're gone, we're gone. [...] I wanted to leave something of our family history behind for them."

Keith and Jeanette's adventures began properly after they left the City of Sheffield Teacher Training College, where the pair studied to be teachers.