[1] He contracted polio in 1949 and spent his first five years receiving care at Liverpool's Alder Hey Children's Hospital.
While there he decided to study O-levels and as no evening classes were accessible to a wheelchair user, he received tuition from nuns at a local convent.
[3] He then attended Manchester Polytechnic completing a Certificate of Qualification in Social Work (CQSW).
[10] Massie was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1984 Queen's Birthday Honours.
[12] It was announced in the 2007 New Year Honours that he was to be made a Knight Bachelor 'for services to Disabled People'.