OA Bulletin december 2011
particularly ill, just gradually faded away. I do not know exactly which year Dad entered the School, probably around 1924, but we know he left in 1930, when he went to work in London for the firm of Osborne Garrett. He travelled each day from his parents’ home at Nast Hyde, Hatfield. When World War II came he was called up into the army and served in the Middle East (mostly Iraq) from 1942 until 1946. After the war the family settled first in South-West London then, in 1949, we moved to Purley and Dad spent the rest of his life in the Purley area. Dad was a proud Old Albanian and often talked affectionately of his time at the School. He also much enjoyed the Bulletins, regularly sending extracts to me in his long weekly letters.”
died on 31st May 2011. An obituary from The Gunner, the regimental magazine of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, appears below. l Antony Beale (41) passed away peacefully on 7th October 2011, aged 87. An obituary, written by his great friend Ken Garrett, appears below.
l Michael H Groome (50) died on 26th April 2011, aged 82.
l Professor Ray Pahl died in June 2011. He was awarded one of the first ever Achievement Awards from the British Sociological Association for his pioneering work in sociology and ground-breaking research. Nick, his son, writes: “Professor Ray Pahl was an outstanding sociologist whose studies of people, places and how we live in modern Britain demonstrated the relevance of social inquiry. His research of jobs, management, households, towns and friendship marked him out as someone profoundly interested in social conditions. His 10-year study of communities and employment in the Isle of Sheppey, carried out while he was an academic at the University of Kent, is classic. Professor Pahl believed in the public presence of Social Science and worked with private companies and Government Agencies. He wrote widely and accessibly and carried his burning interest in society into membership of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Commission that produced ‘Faith in the City’ in 1985”.
l Captain Hector Emerson (37)
l Christine Cox has sent
l C S Dale (45). l Peter Jones (69) died on 23rd May 2010 in Peterborough Hospital. l Deryck Sidney (38) died in July. An obituary appears below. l Michael Martin (42) died on 5th December 2010. l Tony Martin (40), brother of Michael, died on 21st January 2011.
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