Trivia

Wrote under the pseudonym Ross Graham.

An insurance underwriter by profession, he also wrote thrillers.

Grandfather of Grace Durham and Henry Durham.

Former father-in-law of Geoffrey Durham.

Father of Chris Foote Wood.

Son-in-law of Jack Mape (born John Mape 1886, died 30 March 1941) and Ada Mape (born Ada Cottrell 1895, died 1961) who married on 5 April 1913.

Grandson of Patrick Mape (born in Ireland).

Uncle of Susan Mansfield (born Susan Mape 1956).

Uncle of Stephen Dunn (born 1949) and Sharon Dunn (born 1951).

Brother-in-law of Annie Mape (born 1913, died 1916), Ada Mary Mape (born 1915, died 1916), Norah Duffy (born Norah Mape 1916, died 1 March 2002), Winnie Dunn (born Winifred Mape 1922, died 3 September 1985), John Thomas Mape (born 1926, died 2004), Jean Woodcock (born Jean Mape 1929) and Mick Mape (born Bernard Mape 1931, died 4 October 2010) all of whom are his wife's siblings.

Uncle of Bernadette Duffy (born 1957).

Uncle of Lesley J Woodcock (born 1956).

Son of John Wood and Eleanor Wood (born Eleanor Brigham) who married 5 December 1911.

Uncle of John Mape (born John Christopher Mape 1968).

Grandson of Mary Brigham.

Father of Penelope Wood (born 2 August 1945 in Devonport, Plymouth, England) and Rosalind Watson (born August 1950 in Bury, Lancashire, England).

Father-in-law of Frances Foote Wood (died 30 May 2013).

Some of the original cast of Coronation Street (1960) such as Doris Speed and Violet Carson featured in some of Wood's radio plays before the soap began in 1960.

His first job was in a flour mill.

Attended Chorlton High School, but had to leave when he was 16 due to lack of finance.

Wrote his first novel ('Death on a Smokeboat') during the second world war.

Great-grandfather of Hawke Wood.