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| − | '''Wallace Grevatt''' was the first Chair of [[Croydon CHE Group]] and subsequently a member of the [[CHE]] National Executive. | + | [[File:1974 Wallace Grevatt.jpg|thumb|Wallace Grevatt in 1974]]'''Wallace Grevatt''' (c. 1925–2003) was the first Chair of [[Croydon CHE Group]] and subsequently a member of the [[CHE]] National Executive. |
| − | + | He was also a noted expert on the BBC publication ''Radio Times'': he owned the largest collection of copies of the magazine in the country and wrote a book about the radio show ''Children's Hour''.<ref>Wallace Grevatt, ''BBC Childen's Hour: a Celebration of Those Magical Years'' The Book Guild, 1988.</ref> | |
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| + | In later years he lived in [[Brighton]] with his partner of 32 years, Malcolm Martindale.<ref>http://www.theargus.co.uk/archive/2003/04/17/The+Argus+Archive/6738009.Death_of_radio_buff/</ref> He died in 2003, aged 77. Malcolm died in 2012.<ref>http://www.brightonunitarian.org.uk/uploads/1/2/9/7/12978467/newsletter_december_2012.pdf. Accessed: 2015-10-03. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6bzwqsGr6)</ref> | ||
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[[Category:Campaigners]] | [[Category:Campaigners]] | ||
[[Category:Croydon]] | [[Category:Croydon]] | ||
[[Category:CHE]] | [[Category:CHE]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:00, 3 October 2015
Wallace Grevatt (c. 1925–2003) was the first Chair of Croydon CHE Group and subsequently a member of the CHE National Executive.
He was also a noted expert on the BBC publication Radio Times: he owned the largest collection of copies of the magazine in the country and wrote a book about the radio show Children's Hour.[1]
In later years he lived in Brighton with his partner of 32 years, Malcolm Martindale.[2] He died in 2003, aged 77. Malcolm died in 2012.[3]
References
- ↑ Wallace Grevatt, BBC Childen's Hour: a Celebration of Those Magical Years The Book Guild, 1988.
- ↑ http://www.theargus.co.uk/archive/2003/04/17/The+Argus+Archive/6738009.Death_of_radio_buff/
- ↑ http://www.brightonunitarian.org.uk/uploads/1/2/9/7/12978467/newsletter_december_2012.pdf. Accessed: 2015-10-03. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6bzwqsGr6)
