Born and raised in Accrington, Harry Yeadon studied engineering at University before joining the forces during the Second World War and being deployed to Italy, where he saw the early Autostrade. On his return he took up work with Lancashire County Council and spent most of his career there, first working under Sir James Drake and eventually replacing him as County Surveyor and Bridgemaster.
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