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Ian Dowell MBE

The following is reprinted verbatim from the Exmouth Journal dated June 17th 1999. The accompanying photo is from the Birmingham Evening Mail.

A man who was trained on the Exmouth Journal has received an MBE for his services to the newspaper industry. Ian Dowell, editor of the Birmingham Evening Mail for 12 years was born in Exmouth and joined the Journal from the local grammar school.

Trained by the legendary Journal editor, W. G. "Bill" Gorfin, he left to join Woodrow Wyatt's publishing company in Oxfordshire and, at the age of 22, was appointed editor of the Wallingford News in Berkshire. He moved to the Birmingham Post & Mail 30 years ago.

Dowell, aged 58, whose Evening Mail has won 10 newspaper of the year awards, primarily for campaigning, sits on the committee of the Press Complaints Commission. He said "Bill Gorfin was an extraordinary man and taught me all I know. My years on the Journal were some of the happiest of my career.

Class 5A 1953-54

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TBA,Barry Bebbington,TBA, TBA, TBA, TBA, TBA, TBA,TBA, TBA, TBA,TBA

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Margaret Marriot, Margaret Joyce,Heather Minor, TBA, TBA, Judith Kelly, TBA, Elizabeth (Buffy) Bland

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TBA, Pat Mair, TBA, Sally Brettell, John Pym

Class 5A 1954-55

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Bob Ellis, Brenda Dodd, Beryl Matthews, Alan Child, Mike Hillier, David Luxon, John (Jo) Berry, Bill Sage, David (Tojo) Tilbury, David (Griffo) Griffiths, Brian Vinnecombe, Roger Lund Lack, Geoffrey Soper

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Leonie Watson, Josie Lavers, Sheila Gibson, Mr. Samuel (Benny) Goodman, Sally Pond, Anthea (Bubs) Bamsey, Susan Mears, Noreen Carnell

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Sylvia Swanston, Gillian Lawes, Janet Smith

Exeter Road Primary School Circa February 1952

According to memory as many as 16 persons from this photo went on to the Grammar School in 1954

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