- Ilkley, West Yorkshire. (January 2011)
- Cunliffe was bullied at school as a child, due to being tall for his age and he wrote stories for the pleasure of writing. His Uncle Herbert first introduced him to books, and this sparked a lifelong interest in reading.
- He based Greendale, the fictional town where Postman Pat is set, on the real-life village of Longsleddale in Cumbria. Some of the characters were based on people he knew.
- He created the characters of Rosie & Jim so that he would have a TV series which he could have more control over, as following the success of Postman Pat on television, many stories and tie-in merchandise was released without his approval.
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