Sue worked in Portsmouth Central Library and worked with the Local and Naval history collections. In 1985 she gained a diploma inEnglish Local History from Portsmouth Polytechnic. She wrote Farm's and Market Gardens on Portsea Island 1770-1880, Portsmouth Paper No. 61. She retired after 23 years as an LSA at a Primary School in Portchester.  She has been working on her family history for the past six years and has become fascinated in their skating connection with the BandstandRoller Skating Rink on Southsea Common.