Famous LEGS

Being listed here as 'famous' does not undervalue the achievements of the rest of us.

Not in any order. Links may fail in time.

NAME	Born Died	LEGS ERA	DESCRIPTION	Links
David Mannion		1960's	Editor in Chief of ITV news. Known as Wilf at school - c.1979
Simon Groom		1970's	Blue Peter Presenter? (taught English? at Long Eaton Grammar School)
Bill Bush		1980's?	Adviser to PM Tony Blair and also was with the BBC
James (Sutherland) Smith		1962-67	Prizewinning poet Gregory Award, 5-times winner in National Poetry Competition, 3-times winner in Times Literary Supplement Competition, 2-times winner in Cardiff International Poetry competition, 2-times winner in Bridport International Competition, 2-times winner in Exeter International competition, First prize winner in Peterloo Internation competition, numerous prizes in USA. The first and leading translator of Slovak poetry into English with eight books published in England, Canada and the USA. Took part in Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia in 1989 with post-revolution political education in universities and schools in Slovakia. At present English Language Advisor to the Serbian and Montenegrin Armed Forces (SMAF) as Manager of the Peacekeeping English Project.
Piers Smith		1964-1969	First Class honours Degree in English, a Distinction in his Masters degree and a PhD (Magna cum laudem) and is now Professor of Literature at the American University in Kuwait.
Tony Higton		1953-1962	Rev Tony Higton led the Church of England General Synod in 1987 to reaffirm, in a highly-publicised debate, that fornication, adultery and homosexual acts are wrong and require repentance. Amongst other implications this meant that those involved in a non-celibate homosexual relationship should not be ordained in the church.	www.christianteaching.org.uk www.prayerforpeace.org.uk
John Walters	b.1939 d.2001	1960-57	John Walters, who was John Peel's producer and collaborator for most of his BBC DJ'ing, as well as being a BBC radio presenter himself. Died a few years ago. During his school days he used to serve in a music shop, Draycotts, which was on the canal bridge on Derby Road, Long Eaton.
Roy Webb		1957? 59?	Current Mayor of Derby (2005)	Roy Webb
Baroness Sue Campbell,		1960-1967	UK Sport's Chair
Michael Roger Winfield		1943- 1948	head-hunted by the Halle Orchestra. He played with the Bournemouth Symphony for some years and Principal Oboe with the Northern Symphonia.
Sir Gordon Hobday		1927 -1934?	born 1 February 1916, Educated at Long Eaton C S S. and Nottingham University (BSc PhD LLD) Chairman of Boots from1972 to 1982, Lord Lt of Nottinghamshire 1983 - 91, Chancellor of Nottingham University.
Walter Gaze Cooper		1910?	musician conducted the Nottingham orchestra he had a daughter, Sylvia who was an artist and they lived at the large house on Tamworth Road	www.musicweb-international.com/BMSPROF.HTM
F L Attenborough	b.1887 d.1973	1913-15	Frederick Levi Attenborough joined the Staff for two years after first being a pupil at the school. He also married Mary Clegg - Samual Clegg's daughter. Father of Richard and David.
Douglas Houghton MP later Lord Houghton of Sowerby	b.1898 d1996	1910s	One of Harold Wilson's Government Ministers from the 1960's - he came to a Speech Day in 1969 or 1970. When in the Lords he piloted the Animal Welfare Bill, which replaced the old Cruelty to Animals Act 1887, through Parliament. As far as I know, he is the only Old Scholar who has been en-elevated
Walter Beswick	d. 2011	1944-52	President of the British Veterinary Association in 1988/89
His Honour Keith Matthewman QC	b.1936 d.2008	1947 -1954	Judge at Nottingham Crown Court. Now retired and subject of a book called 'A Judge Too Far - written by Narvel Annable. It is a biography and there is a chapter on his schooldays whilst at Long Eaton Grammar School. (see the Books Section on this website).	Author's website: www.narvelannable.co.uk
Mike Hoskin		1950s	Became the founder manager of BBC Radio Cornwall - one of the most successful of all local radio stations. He now lives just outside Truro
Professor Sir Harry Godwin, FRS	b.1901 d.1985		He went to Cambridge after school, stayed there, became Professor of Botany and was a leading expert on pollen counting. He is featured in the Natural History Museum, has a laboratory named after him etc. etc.
Edward Loxton Knight,	b. 1905		a local professional artist, influenced by Sam Clegg who introduced him to Japanese wood cuts.
Professor Alton of Oxford and his wife	b. 1919 d. 2003		R E "Reggie" Alton, later to become fellow and tutor in English, and bursar, at St Edmund Hall, Oxford Married in 1944 see below:
Jeannine Alton (nee Gentis )	b. 1922 d. 2007		Her obituary was in The Guardian recently and she was evidently an eminent French scholar at Oxford,and became and arts critic and an archivist. She and her future husband were the only scholars to get into Oxford at the time from the Long Eaton school.	http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,2207991,00.html
T C Sharman (Tommy)			who was at the Foreign Office, an Ambassador
Paula Barsby MBE		1961 U6th	Reunion organiser, magistrate for 37 years and involved with the Brownies for 52 years.
Arthur H. Lefebvre	b.1923 d.2003		was an innovative leader in the development of science and engineering of the application of fuel sprays in gas turbine combustor systems.