Topic: Coodon Beach

The Campbell family moved to the United Kingdom when John was nine years old, settling first at Coodon Beach and later in Burgess Hill, Sussex. John attended an all-boys grammar school in Brighton, where he was placed in the "C-stream" and attended classes in a wooden army Nissan hut known as "the shack." He describes his school years as a time of mischief and questioning authority rather than academic focus.