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Dorabella Cipher Solution
1961 - 1967
Educated at Madras College, St Andrews
Education & Employment
Amateur Operatics (on-stage & in the pit)
Su Doku
Times Crossword
Playing piano accordion
Interests & Hobbies
Allan Gillespie ARMCM GRSM

2015 - till who knows when
I retire from teaching at the end of June 2015
Future Plans
Share thoughts on Elgar's Enigma and missing theme
Resume work on the D'Agapeyeff cipher
Update (February 2017)
Mod to CV1 RailFence and (hence) to Whodunnit
Update (November 2025)
Removed ref to d'Agapeyeff pending further work
1996 - 2015
Peripatetic Music Teacher
1971 - 1996
Civil Servant
1967 - 1971
Trained at the Royal Manchester College of Music
(now Royal Northern College of Music)
Retirement
Lives in Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham
Married to Karen
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