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David Keith Duckworth was born on August 10 1933 at Blackburn, Lancashire, the second son of Frank Duckworth, a textile engineer. He was educated as a boarder at Giggleswick, while at home his father fostered his engineering interest by providing a lathe, vertical drill and grinder; with these young Keith made his own model steam and aero engines while earning a reputation for sorting out his neighbors’ electrical or mechanical problems. He recalled: “I once won a bet with my uncle by switching on an electric blanket at two miles range by radio control.”
