The Kev - Kevin Genner (Telford) personal webpage.

"The Kev"; Home Page of Kevin Genner & my part of the Genner family (Telford)

This is the web site of my particular section of the Genner Clan. My name is Kevin Genner, but for the purposes of "doing the web thing"; I tend to be known "Dodgy" or "The Kev", For what it is worth; this is the Kevin Genner home page, entitled; "The Kev".

I (for my many & hopefully ongoing sins) am a fully qualified computer engineer who moved to Telford (Shropshire) with my parents (Maxwell Genner & Hazel Genner), brothers (Levison & Mitchell) and sisters (Mandy, Beverley & Hayley) from Brierley Hill sometime around 1966.

Basically; Genner Communications exceeded all expectations, we are Microsoft Partners & we worked with most major PC manufacturers to source & supply Recovery CDs world wide. We also offered a download facility.

This has obviously had a big impact on our business and finances during the Recession.

When last working for someone else, I was employed by Maztec (parent company; MJC) of Stourport on Severn as a field service engineer travelling the UK fixing PCs for Comet, Micro Direct & a few other companies. Although I really enjoyed the work (real job satisfaction), the travelling was horrendous in that I was travelling approx 2000 miles per week over 110,000 miles in a year & fixed an average of 5 PCs per day at different locations around the UK.

I eventually came to the conclusion that I was simply far too busy earning a living to make any money, & so needed to take "the gamble" and work for myself. I trained myself to create web sites while my wife (Joanne Genner) returned to work at Iceland. I began developing www.sellthings.net whilst supplementing our income by occasionally fixing PC systems, setting up networks, consultancy work etc.

I have been married to Joanne (also known as "The Jo" or the "wonderful wife type person") for 19 years, & we live with our 3 children (Matthew, Liam & Ryan) in Stirchley in Telford, England. I also have three other children (Lisa, Melissa and Kyle) from two previous marriages. I support Manchester United & go to matches as a family whenever possible.

Matthew Genner (aged 19) is "heavily into" football (soccer) & "juggles" working in the family business & working at Iceland (attending college (sports studies). Matty is an exceptionally good footballer & is a good, hard working lad. Matty & his long term girlfriend; Karla (who also worked for us) will probably do well in whatever they choose. Matty has applied to and has been accepted in the RAF.

Liam Genner has no real interests. He was seriously let down by the local schools in that at the age of 13 his writing was illegible & his teachers (rather than teaching him to write) simply kept "marking his work down". This caused resentment & anger which culminated in him rebelling, & being excluded from the Lord Silkin School. Had I not been working "stupid hours", I would have paid more attention to Liam`s problems, & I am ashamed of not having done so sooner. However; since I was now working from home, I also began working with Liam & identified in 15 minutes what the local schools had not recognised during years of schooling. When writing by hand, his letters were all of different sizes & he was not putting lines & tails on letters etc. So; the letters p, o, a, & d all looked like the letter o. There were other issues, but this was the crux of the problem, & because his teachers could not read what he wrote (and rather than tackling the problem); they "marked it down". This meant that no matter how hard he tried, no matter how good he considered his work to be, he could never get good marks. We resolved this problem by simply teaching him how to form his letters, & by getting him to practice for 1 hour per day until the problem is (for the most part) fixed.

Liam returned to the Lord Silkin School, to be faced with continued indifference & he has now been expelled. If I were to be asked to recommend the The Lord Silkin School; I could not. If I were asked to assess their treatment of my son, & mark them out of 10, it would be 1/10. Overall, Liams attitude & work have both improved beyond all recognition.

However, Liam has now left school during a Recession. It remains to be seen which route he takes, but he is currently (at the time of writing) considering a career in painting and Decorating, or joining the forces (Army or RAF).

Ryan Genner is the baby of the Genner family. He is a clever boy & although only 12 years old, he is no-ones fool. Ryan was named after Ryan Giggs. He "lives in" his Man Utd & England Football kits & promises to be a very good young player. His main interests are playing, drawing & football (soccer). However, he is now discovering books & delights in reading.

Ryans ambition is to become an Airplane pilot, and if he applies himself - I am quite certain that he will succeed.

Lisa (my eldest child) most recently worked as a manager at the Malt House Restaurant in Ironbridge. Lisa was married to Philip Walton at Much Wenlock church in April 2004 & now their first child (Noah). Lisa is now a student at Wolverhampton University. Her husband; Phil really is a nice guy who headed the Genner Sales General Office. Phil is now a full time student at Wolverhampton University, he is a big Birmingham City fan who plays football (soccer) for "Randlay 07" with Matthew.

My eldest son; Kyle Genner is a "speed freak squaddie" who served in The Royal Logistic Corps of the British Army but has now left the forces and moved back to Durham. Kyle is currently studying to become a PE Teacher.

My Passions; Apart from the obvious (I have 6x wonderful children by 3x lovely women), I enjoy lager; San Miguel (the UK version rather than the water sold in Spain), Kronenbourg 1664 and Grolsh Lager.

Wrockwardine Wood Football Club, Telford (Sunday night). Team - Joanne Genner (Captain), Kevin Genner (V Captain), Alan Hill, Chris Nolan and Noel Hitch.

Granville, Hadley, Telford (Monday night). Team - Mark Honeywell (Captain), Kevin Genner (V Captain), Ade Honeywell, Anthony Charmers, Steve Rowley, Mick Clarke, Robert Honeywell.

The Rose & Crown Stirchley, Telford (Wednesday night). Team - Noel Hitch (Captain), Kevin Genner, Jason Busby, Darren Poutney, Andy Elliot, Steve Camp, Chris Nolan.

Recent Jobs; In 1996, I worked as a Computer Engineer for Mitac Computers in Telford. Mitac used to build the Compaq Presario Computers. PSM Microcomputer's were looking for someone to run the Compaq maintenance & repair dept` & I got the job.

PSM put me through my Azlan / Compaq accreditations, & treated me very, very well apart from a few bad days (we all have them). They were a great bunch of lads, decent working conditions & I got to repair lots of Compaq servers, laptops & business PCs ( I like Compaq ) & was well paid for it.

However; after a few years PSM`s rating with Compaq had increased to the point where I was head hunted. Arrogance took over & I moved to Dataworld (UK).

Dataworld UK was a local (Telford) company with good products & staff. But my role (Internal IT support, 2nd & 3rd level IT support & new product development) did not suit my temperament as much as the high degree of specialisation at PSM (where I was in charge of Compaq & Mitsubishi systems & all monitor maintenance/repairs).

I left Dataworld to work for Maztec; travelling the country (110,000 miles per year in a Mitsubishi Charisma) repairing and installing computer systems for various insurance companies. Rather than dying in the fast lane of some motorway or losing my driving license, I decided to work for myself & left Maztec in January 2004.

That is about all really; enjoy the rest of the site & do not forget to check out the jokes pages.