Alan Duttine was born on October 21, 1945.

Met Lynda Duttine (nee Vaughan) 1969.

Co-founded Airedale Air Conditioning 1974.

Airedale awarded the Queens Award for Export Achievement, 1989.

Awarded OBE for services to Industry, 1997.

Diagnosed with Frontotemporal Dementia, 2004.

Retired, selling Airedale to Modine Manufacturing, 2005.