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Atkins, Richard (b.1913), alumnus

  • Person
  • 1913-fl.1997
Born in Kingston-upon-Thames, 1913; moved to Brentford, c1919; enrolled as a full-time student at the Engineering School, Regent Street Polytechnic, 1927; participated in sporting activities there; gained a Ordinary National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, 1930; employed in engineering; continued part-time education at Acton Technical College; Higher National Diploma, 1934; married Mary Eileen Senton, 1937; graduate member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, 1939; associate member, 1940; served with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, later Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, during World War Two; in India, 1942-1945; emigrated to Australia, 1951; retired, 1974; moved to New Zealand, 1982.

Banner, Delmar Harmood (1896-1983), alumnus and artist

  • Person
  • 1896-1983
Grandfather was a Church of England minister
Father established an orphanage in Liverpool
He studied at Magdalen College Oxford
Came to Poly School of Art where he met future wife Josefina de Vasconcellos
Painted some of the 8 murals in the Fyvie Hall c.1920-1923. There is an article in the Poly Mag 1923 written by Banner about the paintings.
Didn't serve in World War 1 due to medical exemption 'a lateral spinal curvature that had started from learning sideways at his desk at school' [Margaret Lewis biog]
Very religious and became an Anglican lay preacher.
Painted landscapes of the Lake District where he lived wife Josefina.
Friends with the William Heelis and Beatrix Potter. Banner painted Potter.
Adopted 2 sons

Sethna, Nelly Homi (1932-1992), textile designer and alumna

  • Person
  • 1932-1992
Alumna of the Polytechnic School of Art
Obtained a pass for City and Guilds of London Institute course in Hand Embroidery in 1955 and passed the National Diploma in Design in 1956.
Won a prize for Textile Design in the School of Art's Summer Term Competition in 1955 and again in 1956 for Fabric Design And Printing.

Baker, Alice G (fl.1923-1946), alumna

  • Person
  • fl.1923-1946

Born, c1923; volunteered for the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 1940; basic training at Guildford; posted to the Records Office at Winchester; moved to Bournemouth; the work included writing up secret war diaries; posted to London to study for six months at Regent Street Polytechnic, 1942; kept apart from the civilian students; taught in the electrical and radio workshops; sent to Gainsborough for the final stages of training, including learning how to search for signals which could be relayed to guns and to calibrate the information; posted to Charminster, working in the radio workshops and on the gun sites; posted to various workshops around England, eventually at Kippings Cross near Pembury, Kent; discharged, 1946; married P R Baker.

The Schools of Engineering at Regent Street Polytechnic were used between 1940 and 1945 for training technicians in various disciplines for the army, navy and air force. Departmental laboratories were used under a double-shift system, and several thousand personnel were trained over the period. Civilian day courses were maintained, but with a restricted number of students, and evening courses were discontinued until the end of the war.

Corby, E Roy (1905-1990), alumnus

  • Person
  • 1905-1990
E R Corby (1905-1990) was an architectural student from the late 1930's of the Regent Street Polytechnic. Several drawings attributed to Corby are stamped Riley and Glanfield Chartered Architects, 6 Raymond Buildings, Grays Inn, WC1., suggesting that he was employed at this firm in the late 1930s-1950s. Further information provided by the donor indicates that Corby was also employed by Giles Gilbert Scott and produced drawings for him of Coventry and Liverpool Cathedrals and the Houses of Parliament during its restoration in 1945/6.

Joseph, Sir Samuel George (1888-1944), alumnus

  • Person
  • 15 Aug 1888 – 4 Oct 1944
Samuel Joseph studied Building Construction at the Regent Street Polytechnic from l906-8. He had a particular interest in carpentry and joinery. Samuel Gluckstein Joseph was from a wealthy Ashkenazi Jewish family, changing his name in the 1930s to Samuel George Joseph. He was co-chair and managing director of Bovis. He was twice Mayor of St Marylebone (1928 and 1930), Sheriff of the City of London (1933-34) and Lord Mayor (1943-44). He was knighted in 1934 and made 1st Baronet of Portsoken in the City of London in 1943.

Yip, Nicholas

  • Person
Graduate of University of Westminster BA (Hons) Fashion Design in 2017.
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