Editing Richard Caborn (section)

==Early life==
Richard Caborn was born in [[Sheffield]] and was educated at the Hurlfield Secondary Modern Boys School until 1958 (now [[Sheffield Springs Academy]]) on East Bank Road, [[Richmond, South Yorkshire|Intake]] in Sheffield; Granville College of Further Education (now [https://web.archive.org/web/20070302111559/http://my.sheffcol.ac.uk/index.cfm?pid=936EA5C3-5DE4-4F35-BFB7-83BCB2764004 Castle College], part of [[Sheffield College]]); and Sheffield Polytechnic (now [[Sheffield Hallam University]]), where he qualified as an engineer. He began an [[engineering apprentice]]ship in 1959 and became a convenor of shop stewards at [[Firth Brown Steels|Firth Brown]] in 1967 where he worked as a fitter. He was elected as the Vice-President of [[Sheffield Trades Council]] between 1968 and 1979. He became a governor of the [[BBC]] for three years in 1975.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} He is a member of the [[Co-operative Party]] and of [[Amicus (trade union)|Amicus]] (formerly [[Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union|AEEU]]).