Wally Brown (educator)
Wally Brown, CBE DL was Principal of Liverpool Community College from its creation in 1992 until his retirement in 2008.[1][2][3] Born in Toxteth, Liverpool, Brown was previously Head of Community Education in Lambeth, and an adult education manager in Manchester.
At the time of the Toxteth riots, in 1981, Wally Brown was living locally, was Chair of the Community Relations Council, and acted as a mediator between the police and the local community.[4][5] In 2012 Wally Brown was made a Freeman of the City of Liverpool for his services to education in the city.[6][7][8] In 2015 he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Merseyside.
References
- ^ Learning and Skills Improvement Service, "LSIS Board". Retrieved 12 July 2011.
- ^ Liverpool Echo "Community leader steps down" Retrieved 13 July 2011
- ^ TES "Venerated college leader steps down" Retrieved 13 July 2011
- ^ BBC Motion Gallery "Wally Brown, 1981" Retrieved 13 July 2011
- ^ BBC News "Toxteth riots remembered" Retrieved 13 July 2011
- ^ Freemen of the City, Liverpool City Council, retrieved 11 June 2014
- ^ "Toxteth icon Wally Brown receives Freedom of Liverpool", Liverpool Echo, Trinity Mirror Merseyside, 17 August 2012, retrieved 11 July 2014
- ^ City freedom for Toxteth riots 'mediator' Wally Brown, BBC, 16 August 2012, retrieved 11 June 2014
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