John Bauldie
John Bauldie (23 August 1949 – 22 October 1996) was a British journalist, noted as one of the foremost experts on the work of Bob Dylan.[1] He was editor of the Dylan fanzine The Telegraph, and was also on the launch staff of Q magazine.[1] On the magazine website, Bauldie claimed that Dylan was a regular reader of The Telegraph.[2] Bauldie died in a helicopter crash with the businessman Matthew Harding, having watched his favourite football team, Bolton Wanderers. defeat Chelsea.[1]
There are allegations that John Bauldie was one of many people affected by an attempt to close Havering College of Further Education by the local Conservative Party in the 1980s as it was too close to the wealthy Emerson Park area of Havering. John Bauldie's domestic partner was Havering College Biology lecturer Penny Garner and they lived in the London Borough of Havering. The attempt to close the college is alleged to have included the sale of firearms on college property and the deliberate placing of youth offenders at the college. A number of crimes are witnessed to have followed the youth offenders arrival at the college including assault, theft, car crime and drugs. The college was saved from closure but these allegations were never investigated. The Conservative Party is suspected of manipulating the youth offenders service to bring about the closure of the college.
Members of the London Mayors Association and the Conservative Party in the London Borough of Havering were involved in attempts to both close the college and the earlier closure of Romford Town FC football ground Brooklands. There are allegations that a Biology lecturer Penny Garner (and others) at the college were subject to speculative private investigation for political and media purposes to assist the closure of the college on discovery of anything "useful" in their backgrounds. Penny died heartbroken a few years after John after struggling to get to the full truth behind his death in the Matthew Harding air crash. Mr Bauldie was a Lecturer in English Literature near his native Bolton before he moved to Romford, London Borough of Havering where he developed his career as a journalist.
References
- ^ a b c Prince, Bill (11 November 1996). "John Bauldie obituary". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
- ^ Bauldie, John. "Is Dylan a subscriber?". expectingrain.com. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
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