Mr Johnson's condition occourred  when as a young child he contracted
Tuberculosis  and was sent to an isolation hospital near Great Yarmouth, where he spent many months and was only returned home after he was certified clear of infection.
During his stay in hospital it was noticed that it had destroyed most of his left hip so a number of operations were carried out to remove the infected bone this actually shortened the femur by 2 inches and then as there was not much of the hip joint left it was fused together preventing any further movement at an angle of 20 degrees a compromise of straight or bent so that he would be able to sit and walk.
He was eventually packed of to a school for lame and chronically sick children where he gradually recovered.
As he grew older and taller his leg stopped growing and is now 5 inches shorter than his right leg. He eventually married and got a job driving lorries and had safety work boots built up see pictures.