PETER was larger than life in more ways than one, an imposing figure with a jovial personality and a monumental passion for trains, traction engines, tractors, bicycles, motorbikes and virtually every form of heritage transport.
Taking over the regulator of The RM at a time of dwindling copy sales in early-1989, he used his experience as a newspaper journalist to completely overhaul the product, increasing the number of news pages, shortening deadlines and enhancing the colour content.