Junior Nathan Dorman was born on May 28, 1961 in Birmingham to his parents Keziah (known as Pearl) and Nathan (known as Viv)

This is what Nathan had described to me in an account of his childhood memories.

Nathans parents had come to the UK from Jamaica and went on to settle in Croydon. Both parents were hard working, Pearl a Nurse and Viv an auto electrician. Viv would often carry out private jobs at the weekend and Nathan loved to go with him to help out. He said that he loved those hours spent together as he felt grown up and enjoyed hearing his dad's grown up banter and adult conversations with his friends. They often had a sneaky take away when out together and it was a secret as Nathan's mum was never keen on eating in anywhere that she couldn't be sure was 100% clean. Pearl had very high hygiene standards in her kitchen.

Nathan has a older sister Maxine and younger sisters Paula, Sharon, Amanda and a younger brother Martin. His siblings are all still alive and well. They were a close family and shared lots of happiness together. Nathan was very well cared for by his parents, always spotless, clean and neat.

He told me lots of stories about looking after his siblings whilst his parents worked. He would often sneak out on his bike and try to beat his dad's car home when he saw him approaching home. He said that he had a happy childhood and would so love to hear his dad playing his records in the "best room" of the house. Music was a big part of Nathan's life and loves.

Nathan was brought up in his family home with good morals, manners and values. He talked often about his mum's good cooking and how she would treat the children each week with Marks and Spencer cakes. His dad was a good baker and made the most amazing Jamaican bun, which you always were given every time we saw him. No one has ever made a bun taste a good as Viv did.

Sadly Nathan's father passed away in 2018. He always described his dad as a kind, gentle and loving man who always tried to hold the family close together and reminded them all to love and look after each other. This is a message he gave to our sons too, whenever he would visit us. Sadly Nathan drifted apart from his family in the mid 1990's and although they had some contact with each other up to his death, the distance between them all had grown considerably.