Gerald Waldron (BGS 1943-50)
b. Dec 1932 in Torrington.
Entered the school with a scholarship since it was a fee-paying school at the time. Left in 1950 with six credits and a pass in the Cambridge Univ. School Certificate. Became a Monitor in 1948 and both a Prefect and Captain of Grenville House in 1949.
I was accepted for agricultural college to study Estate Management but there were no vacancies at the time so I joined the National Provincial Bank, but in January 1951 I did National Service for the RAF. On returning to banking I worked in Torrington, Bideford and Northam before being transferred to London in 1956 and finally retired as a Manager in 1990.
My sporting hobbies were athletics and rugby, and was successful at school athletics where I represented the school in youth sports and ran for Bideford AAC and the RAF. I played rugby for the school at all levels and for the RAF at St Athan (near Barry in Wales) before a short spell with Bideford Harlequins. In London I played for the bank then became a London Society referee for junior sides before packing it in just before 50.
Retired from the bank at age 58, which was 30 years ago, now age 88 (in Jan 2021).
