Personal Life
Pete Bowler was born and brought up in Ripley, Derbyshire, and he never lost his distinctive Derbyshire accent. He left school at 16 and his first job was making bicycle frames. He then became a salesman for soap products, travelling in and around the East Midlands, and later a salesman for a brewery. The temporary loss of his driving licence in the early 1990s meant that he was unable to continue working as a travelling salesman and he also gave up his unpaid position as an elected Borough Councillor. Forced to find alternative employment, he embarked upon a successful second career as a freelance journalist, becoming increasingly well known for his campaigning and his appearances in the media, where he was often interviewed for his views on current environmental issues.
Despite being known for his genial and friendly manner, he was proud of his confrontations with government and big business, and frequently filled in the word ’troublemaker’ on forms requesting his occupation, occasionally changing it to 'shit-stirrer'. His motto, on everything from his battles with water companies to animal surveys (one of which he was doing when he died), was: "You show me a pile of crap, and I'll show you who did it."
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