Peter Avern was born on June 17th, 1926, in Middlesex, and was educated at Bradford college. From 1944-1948 he served in the R.A.F. His hobby at this time was motor racing. In 1951 he met Jim Mayers and his first active part was when Mayers asked him to run his pit in the 1951 T.T. The results will show that this was a failure, due to engine troubles. At the end of 1951 Jim, Pat Griffith and Gerry Ruddock formed the Monkey Stable and Asked Avern to become manager as a spare time job. This season was fairly successful, as the records will show. In September, 1952, he left his job in the textile trade and after a short spell with Kieft Cars at Farnborough, took on the job of managing the Monkey Stable of Mayers' Kieft - M.Gs full time.