John Ferguson obituary
When John Ferguson was told by a teacher at an early age that he would never make an artist, it only increased his desire to be one
When John Ferguson was told by a teacher at an early age that he would never make an artist, it only increased his desire to be one
StephenFriar
Fri 21 May 2021 11.30 EDT
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As an established heraldic artist both in the UK and abroad, my friend and colleague John Ferguson, who has died aged 96, produced exquisitely fine heraldic artwork for private clients, corporate bodies, civic authorities and international companies for more than 60 years.
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Grace Robertson, who has died aged 90 of a stroke, made her reputation in the 1950s as a freelance photojournalist on the weekly editorial magazine Picture Post.
One story, titled Mother’s Day Off, has become her signature. Early in her career, in 1954, she accompanied a group of Battersea “charladies” on their annual charabanc excursion to Margate in Kent. She accompanied them too, as she proudly recalled when she and I last met, in 2015, pint for pint (beer and cockles) and joke for joke, as she recorded their “exuberance”. An iconic image of the women having a laugh and a singalong – one seated on the lap of another, wearing outsized pantaloons over her skirt – was, according to Matthew Butson, director of the Getty Images Picture Post archive, “her most popular story … certainly the one she’ll be best remembered for”.
Martin Weedon obituary
Martin Weedon learned business skills while setting up charity shops for the Divine Light Mission, and started the successful Piano Warehouse
Martin Weedon learned business skills while setting up charity shops for the Divine Light Mission, and started the successful Piano Warehouse
CordeliaWeedon
Thu 7 Jan 2021 09.20 EST
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My brother Martin Weedon, who has died aged 67 from cancer, was founder of the highly successful Piano Warehouse, providing pianos for musicians and celebrities.
Martin and a colleague, Mike Neill, set up a business together in 1977, starting with secondhand furniture and pianos. This evolved into piano renovation, and then became the Piano Warehouse, based in Surbiton, Surrey. In the 1980s it expanded into importing modern pianos. Over many successful years, the business provided instruments to musicians including Oasis, Coldplay, George Solti and John Ogdon, and other well-known figures, incl