Tribute to Tony Ingram
We were all devastated to hear of the premature and untimely death of Tony during the summer break.
Tony had only very recently retired and moved down to the seaside town of Weymouth with his lovely wife Ann to begin the next chapter in their lives.
Tony was born and raised in London, a true Londoner.
After leaving school Tony joined the Royal Marines and spent his military career with 42 commando, an elite fighting unit.
Tony served in Northern Ireland in the early seventies. I can tell you from experience, this was not a good place to be at that time and being a royal marine in Ireland during the troubles was even more difficult as they were “the front line”
After leaving the marines Tony trained as a butcher and eventually joined Camden School for Girls as school-keeper in 1985. What a brilliant career move that turned out to be!
During an exemplary career of over 35 years with Camden School for Girls Tony had worked with 5 different head teachers. There had been 7 US presidents including Bill Clinton and GW bush twice. There had also been 7 prime ministers.
This gives you some idea of the length of his service with the school.
His wife, Ann, worked at the school with Tony for many of those years and they proved to be a formidable team.
Don had worked at the school with Tony for the past 15 years. I was lucky enough to have worked with Tony for the past 5 years and recently, during the last year, Mat, Tony’s son in law has joined the team.
We speak as one when we say that the loss of Tony has had a profound effect on all of us. Tony was a true gentleman. Whenever you saw him out of work he was always dressed immaculately in a suit and tie, polished shoes marching down the road, head held high like the proud ex-serviceman that he was.
I think that it will be Christmas when we really notice that he is no longer with us. In fact, one of Don’s nicknames for Tony was “Mr Christmas” - Tony was the one that always took charge of decorations, trees and Christmas carols blasting out from the old cassette player under the stairs.
We, the premises team have a lot to live up to. Sadly, I fear that the truth is, nobody did it like Tony.
Pete Revell
Premises Manager
Our extra-curricular timetable is now up and running, with clubs on every day at lunchtime and after school. All are free of charge, and students just need to turn up in appropriate clothing at the start of the session - they do not need to book a place in advance.
