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Niece of Leonard Green, tutor at Saltley College Birmingham 1910 - 1914
Niece of Leonard Green, tutor at Saltley College Birmingham 1910 - 1914
St Paul's College student 1941 - 1943
Corporal in charge of a lewis machine gun and RP proctor for St Paul's College Home Guard during World War II. The old college tuck shop was converted into a weapon and ammunition store for the duration of the war and the boiler room, nicknamed "Hell", was the rifle range
Son of Idris Howell Thomas, St Paul's College student 1924 - 1926
Myfanwy Thomas was the youngest of Edward and Helen Thomas's three children. She was six years old when her father was killed on the first day of the Battle of Arras, 9 April 1917. After leaving school aged 17, Myfanwy went on to work at the BBC, as the Private Secretary for publisher Harry Batsford and as Secretary to the Headmaster of Malvern Boys' College.
After the Second World War, she trained as a teacher at the Birmingham Teacher Training College before moving to Eastbury in Hampshire to be near her mother Helen. Myfanwy worked at local schools for two decades and lived at Bridge Cottage in Eastbury until she moved to East Garston in 1993.
She was a prolific letter writer and tireless promoter of her father's work, becoming President of the Edward Thomas Fellowship when if formed in 1980.
Edward Eastaway Thomas was the son of Edward Thomas's youngest brother Julian. He was Joint-President of The Edward Thomas Fellowship until his death in 1996
Ingemar Thalin comes from Malmö, Sweden. He works with a variety of media including etching, painting, installations and has exhibited in one person and group exhibitions, since 1984, in Spain, Brazil, Denmark, Sweden, Canada, Belgium, and the UK. His work is in churches, libraries and collections in many countries. Following the installation in the Forest of Dean, Ingemar Thalin worked in Korea and in Helsingborg, Sweden
Niece of Gertrude Ridley, Cheltenham Training College student 1904 - 1906
Great granddaughter of Philip Mark, Cheltenham Training College student 1850 - 1852
Former member of staff at the College of St Paul and St Mary, Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education and the University of Gloucestershire
James Speakman was born in 1874 and attended Upper Holland Grammar School and Chester Training College before teaching at Walthamstow Forest Road Board School. He attended St Paul's College 1925 - 1927
Keir Smith was born in Kent in 1950. He studied Fine Art at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne 1969 - 1973 and at Chelsea School of Art 1973 - 1975. He has, since 1977, exhibited extensively in solo and mixed exhibitions in the UK and has many publicly sited sculptures as well as work in public collections, including “Stefano”, a large scale work in bronze for Sculpture at Goodwood in 1997 as a continuation of his interest in the art of the Renaissance
His work features in a wide range of exhibition catalogues, books, newspapers reviews and art periodicals