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> [!SUMMARY] About our:
> - owner & author;
> - his motivation; and
> - the website's financial arrangements.
## Owner, researcher & writer
[[Thrale.com 🏠|Thrale.com]] is owned, written, researched and maintained by David Thrale of Hertfordshire, England.
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<div class="caption">David Thrale by Elise Thrale, 2015.</div>
[My family tree](https://www.thrale.com/sites/all/libraries/tng/getperson.php?personID=I364&tree=tree01).
### Why am I doing this?
Initially, I wanted to learn about new-fangled websites and HTML. I planned to post a few family pictures, the little information I had about Thrale family history and a few links to other websites.
But you know how it is, things snowballed!
I have enjoyed learning so much about my family history and cracking each technical challenge that comes with developing a website. I'm delighted with what I have achieved - and judging by the feedback so are you.
I still have loads of ideas for improving things, and the kind comments I receive from visitors spur me to do more.
## Finances
I do this for fun.
I pay all the costs of this site. I - David Thrale - personally pay all costs of:
- hosting the website;
- purchasing books;
- purchasing web-hosting software:
- my time researching;
- my time maintaining the website.
I do not:
- sell any content;
- sell or share any information about visitors;
- host any advertising;
- monetise the website in any way.
## About David Thrale
I am married to Michelle and have three fantastic (adult) children:
- Natasha;
- Elise; and
- Ethan.
### Work
I am a [Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_health_officer) with an additional occupational health & safety qualification.
I have been:
- Chair of the Safety Advisory Group for the National Stadium (Wembley);
- a Food Standards advisor to the UK's National organisation [LACORS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Government_Regulation);
- a founding Director of the Association of London Environmental Health Managers Limited;
- a founding Trustee for the Association of London Environmental Health Managers;
- an authorised Inspector under section 19 of the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974;
- Head of Service for a larger unitary London Borough for 10 years;
- assisting local authorities on an advisory, interim or consultancy basis since 2017.
### Personal life
I enjoy:
- family history;
- music;
- reading, [my recent reads here](http://bit.ly/1hxwGwb);
- using technology;
- family life;
- keeping fit (although age has, alas, stopped me from playing 5-a-side football).
### Contact
Sometimes others send me information or queries, and where possible and appropriate I will use gratefully information provided by others to enhance the website.
> [!INFO] My current public email
>
[email protected]
> [!warning]
> To prevent misuse of my public email address by spammers, I occasionally change my public contact email address. My current active contact email will always be updated here.
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