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Chief Buyer for the new Anglo
American Pressed Steel Company
then being set up in Cowley.
John attended Sunnymeade
House School, Abingdon School
(Royces), and St Bede’s School
before joining Teddies in 1943.
Among his contemporaries were
Warden Kendall, his Housemaster
the Rev Leslie Styler (‘The
Count’), and the young Jack Scarr,
and friends Mac Macdonald, Bob
Marsh Allen, James Evers, and
Tony Hutton. John represented
the school in athletics and won
the Open Art prize in 1947.
After National Service and a
commission in the Royal Artillery,
he went up to Bart’s but his father
took him out of medicine and into
industry, a career he would follow
from 1951 until his retirement in
1994. In 1953 he married Jean
Bathgate (1931-2007) of Linkside
Avenue, North Oxford, an actress
and alumna of the Webber
Douglas School of Singing and
Dramatic Art in South Kensington,
with whom he had a daughter
Sarah (b.1954) and son Nicholas
(b.1956). A lifelong resident
of North Oxford, beginning
with his childhood home at 419
Banbury Road, and with only
brief residences ‘abroad’ in the
Malvern Hills and Rhayader in
the early 1950s and 1960s, John
became something of a keeper
of local history and lore. He was
a cartoonist from his school days,
an amateur painter, sketcher,
photographer and filmmaker,
family archivist, and regular
contributor to the
Chronicle
. He
was a keen car enthusiast in his
early years, rallying with Tony
Hutton (B, 1944-1947) in the
early 1950s, and his precious
Jaguar SS100, MG5680, the
first of all Jaguar marques, was
forcibly sold for £275 in the
mid-1950s (the suspension too
firm for the pregnant Jean), and
re-sold at auction in 2012 for
£219,000 (of which he remained
blissfully unaware). He was a
16mm Narrow Gauge model
railway enthusiast in his middle
and later years, building two
garden railways (the Westown
and Burysgate Railway) and a
‘pointless’ layout in the garden
shed at Lovelace Road. John
was Squadron Chairman, Local
Civilian Committee, 150 (City of
Oxford) Squadron ATC (1970-
1982); Founder Member (later
Chairman), Oxford & District
Training Group (supporting
apprenticeships and training
for small firms); Committee
Member and Honorary Treasurer,
Withington NGM Club; and
voluntary helper, fundraiser and
Life Member, Oxfordshire Animal
Sanctuary Society.
LANGSTON
– In 2015, Peter
Langston (G, 1947-1951), brother
of Derek Langston (G, 1950-
1954). Peter attended South Bank
Polytechnic from 1951 from 1953,
where he obtained a National
Diploma in Bakery. He served in
the Royal Army Service Corps
from 1953 to 1955, before joining
the family’s business, Langston
Bakeries, High Wycombe.
LANSDOWN
– In 2014,
Anthony Lansdown (G, 1958-
1963). Anthony studied for his
BSc at Oxford Polytechnic from
1964 to 1967, before graduating
from Hendon Polytechnic in1973
with a Diploma in Management
Studies. He worked at brewer
Watney Mann Ltd, London, from
1967 to1979, and as a Technical
Sales Manager at Stainer Hops Ltd,
Epping, from 1979 to 1982, before
becoming Production Director at
Edme Ltd, Essex, from 1982.
LEACH
– In 2015, Edward
Leach (A, 1981-1986). Edward
attended Bath School of
Physiotherapy from 1986 to
1989, before studying at the
University of Alberta, Canada.
He worked at a private clinic in
Calgary from 1992.
MACKENZIE
– On 2nd
December 2014, Donald
Mackenzie (E, 1948-1945),
brother of John Mackenzie (E,
1949-1953) at the age of 79.
The following obituary has
kindly been provided by his
brother, John;
Donald was a keen follower
of events At Teddies and revisited
the School on many occasions.
After military service in the Royal
Artillery, he pursued a long
career as a quantity surveyor in
the construction industry. On
retirement, he took an active part
in his local community in London
where he lived with his wife Alison.
Donald was an accomplished
cricketer, a regular swimmer and
enjoyed, to the full, the challenges
of the Lake District. He is very sadly
missed by his family and friends.
MADDOCK
– On 26th
May 2015, Reginald Stuart
Maddock (C, 1932-1935),
brother of John Maddock (C,
1929-1933), peacefully at home
in Warminster, aged 97. The
following obituary has kindly
been provided by Reginald’s
widow Olivia. Reg was the
second of three sons born in
Newcastle, Staffs to John Stuart
and Marjorie Maddock in 1918.
A member of the TA before
the war, he served in the Royal
Artillery (various LAA and AA
Regiments) in Europe during
the war, and afterwards in India
for a time, achieving the rank
of Major. Returning to civilian
life, Reg followed a career
in the ceramic tile industry
based mainly in Manchester
and Cheshire. On retirement
in 1983 he moved with his
wife Olivia to Warminster,
Wiltshire, where he lived
happily for over 30 years. He is
survived by Olivia and children
Sarah and Stuart.
John Lambourn
MAINWARING
– On 9th
January 2016, Edward Stewart
Mainwaring (B, 1955-1959),
brother of John Mainwaring
(B, 1952-1957) and Michael
Mainwaring (B, 1957-1962).
The following obituary has
been taken from
The Guardian
;
Ed “Stewpot” Stewart,
who has died aged 74, was
one of the first presenters
on Radio 1 when it launched
in 1967 and for 12 years was
the host of
Junior Choice
, the
popular children’s request
show broadcast on Saturday
Edward Stewart Mainwaring
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