So the story begins

with love ……

My Father
Warwick Embury
9.6.1949 – 10.4.2006

by Joel Jay Embury..

My father was born in Chelsea, London on June 9th 1949
which is something he was secretly proud of and he liked the fact that he was pushed in his pram down the Kings Road on Saturday mornings. He always said he had the privilege of inhaling fresh coffee at such an early age and this became somewhat of an addiction throughout his life. From the days of frequenting the Chelsea Drug Store, the various boutiques and coffee bars to his final days in the Irish mountains and countryside, he was never far away from a decent cup of coffee.

As a teenager, he, his brother Stuart and parents moved to Reading, Berkshire which is where he found many of his life long friends (one of whom was Richard Thomas who kindly shares his memories of those times on the Stories page) and met his passion for music. It all started on a Saturday afternoon with a cheap but good quality drum kit, playing with his buddies from school. They quickly formed their own band and at the ripe old age of 16 were playing for cigarettes, swigs of beer and the occasional kiss from the girls – old habits die hard.

After finishing school, finding his feet and exchanging the drums for the guitar, he found his first real job working for Century 21 Studios in Slough, England …… Thunderbirds!

Wow, here we are after all these years !!! 50 years … this week, on 4th April 2015,
5 .. 4.. 3.. 2 .. 1 .. Thunderbirds Are Go! the new TV series for the old and new generation starts – enjoy …

Warwick had the best time working on the original sets at Century 21 where he made great life long friends. One of those friends, Alan Shubrook, has documented these times in an amazing book called “Century 21 fx Unseen Untold” and has very kindly allowed us to use some of the photos of Warwick for this “page” in Warwick’s life.

Alan’s personal tribute to Warwick is below ..

“Warwick and I were great friends for the four or more years we worked together at the Century 21 studios. We were both in our early twenties and flower power was at its height. It was a fantastic time to be working on so many great children’s television series – Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlett, Joe 90 and UFO. We must have both worked on over 100 programmes. For me it was the most remarkable time of my life and my memories are very cherished indeed. Warwick was a larger than life character at the studios, got on with everyone and, of course, everyone loved his happy and bubbly personality.”