Huggins attended high school and worked as a warehouseman, longshoreman, and porter. Following his retirement he settled in Rochdale where he worked as a warehouseman. James was a warehouseman and a cooper at the time. Probate was granted to Alfred Jagger, cashier, Sidney Sowood, warehouseman, and Oates Jagger, gentleman. He attended Leeds Central High School and first worked as a warehouseman. His father was an immigrant from Ireland and worked as a warehouseman. After leaving school, he completed a vocational training programme as a warehouseman. He later worked as a pub landlord and warehouseman in the Midlands. At the time, he was working as a warehouseman alongside his boxing train. He worked as a salesman, warehouseman, postman, and for Max Factor cosmetics before being rediscovered. His father was Frank Kinvig, a Liverpool warehouseman, and his mother was Dorothy. Her father was a warehouseman who was later employed in clerical work. Catherine's father, Michael Connolly, was a warehouseman. His father is a warehouseman while his mother is a printer. After the establishment of the Communist State, he became a warehouseman in his home-village.