User:Kevin Atherton/sandbox

Born in the Isle of Man in 1950, Kevin Atherton is a contemporary Manx artist. One of four children born to Elizabeth Atherton (nee Clague) who was a highly skilled tailor & furrier, who through out her life 'took in alterations' and William Edward Atherton a postman. Despite having an English surname Kevin Atherton points to a long line of Manx family names in his family tree which includes Clague, Sayle, Kermeen, Kermode and Cottier. As a product of what was then refered to as a 'mixed marriage' (a marriage between a catholic & a protestant) Atherton was babtised at St Marys RC Church in Douglas and brought up as a catholic. Despite being a catholic he attended various Protestant schools in Douglas as his parents, driven by his mother's ambition to improve themselves, progressed from one running and owning one boarding house after another eventually ending up on The Promenade at hotel called 'Monaville'.