Correct, he replaced, I believe, Alan Biley and later joined the Met, probably retired now.
He is a few years older than me but I remember fondly as a first former that he absolutely destroyed a PE teacher in a 100M sprint on school sports day. I think he was in the 5th form at the time.
Wow, some very impressive scores today - a new PB for me but nowhere near some of the Blossomers on here:
Blossom Puzzle, March 17
Letters: A E N G R S T
My score: 337 points
My longest word: 11 letters
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I do get frustrated with the inconsistency of accepting some plurals...