A Norwich man has told how setting up a record label and the support of friends and family has helped him to come to terms with a brain injury he suffered from being hit by a car.

Three years ago this month, Dudley Garner and his then fiancee Catriona Shephard were both struck by a car in Westlegate, in the centre of Norwich, just after they had walked out of a bar.

Mr Garner, 30, fractured his skull and right eye socket and suffered a hairline fracture to his neck, while Miss Shephard, who is now his wife, suffered a dislocated shoulder and cracked three ribs.

It left Mr Garner, of Dragonfly Lane, Cringleford, with a permanent brain injury to his right frontal lobe which affects his short-term memory and ability to work with numbers, and he was unable to continue in his job as a financial advisor at Barclays.

He also had to give up playing football for Bradenham Wanderers, but was determined that his love of music would continue and decided to turn a music label he had set up as a hobby into a part-time career.

All Sorted!?! Records has now gone from strength to strength and one of his acts, Club Smith, has recently supported the Kaiser Chiefs on tour.

Mr Garner said: 'It keeps me busy and gives me something to get up for in the morning.

'All I want it to be is a stepping stone for the acts so they can go on to something bigger and better.'

The couple, who have a daughter Isabella, who is nearly two, are in the process of applying for compensation, as Mr Garner still has to see a specialist twice a week.

He said: 'If anything, the label has been a massive help distracting me from the day-to-day consequences of what's happened.

'I have had a lot of support from the Prince's Trust and a charity called Headway.

'My family and friends have been amazing and they are very good at noticing when I'm starting to get fatigued and telling me to rest as I suffer with mental fatigue quite badly.

'Some of the muscians I work with use their lyrics and music to work through emotions and feelings, and they have inspried me to put pen to paper and write a lot of poetry and use a diary to write down how I feel so I can reflect on it.

'I find reading it back makes it a lot easier to cope with.'

For more information on All Sorted Records visit www.allsortedsrecords.com.

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