Darryl Ashton

Darryl Ashton is now medically retired, but he was a silver service Restaurant Manager where his skills took him to land a job on the QE2. He is single, and has no children – well, none that he knows about!

He is a very keen writer, mainly of poetry, covering all kinds of topics; including, humour and more serious writings too. He thrives on political satire, and is equipped with a fantastic, and very wicked sense of humour matched with an incredible imagination.

Darryl also does stand-up comedy poem performances and is involved with various charity work. At one time, he raised an incredible £50,000 just by reading his own poems. His poems have also won several major competitions and he is also a leading reader of poems at various poetry groups on the Fylde Coast, Blackpool, Cleveleys and Lytham, all in the sunny and very friendly borough of Lancashire.

Darryl is originally from Great Harwood, a little town on the border with Accrington and Blackburn. He is a keen teller of jokes, and writing just about anything that takes his interest. Darryl says he’s a late starter – he has been writing his poetry for only five years! And he’s only just got to grips with his computer.

One really surprising thing that happened to Darryl was receiving a letter from Her Majesty the Queen, wherein she complimented his poems and his fundraising efforts. That letter, and others like it, is proudly displayed in this book.