I have just heard the very sad news that former OLOL (Grantham Road) pupil John Brooks has succumbed to cancer at the age of 67.

I was at school with John and it was partly because of him that I joined the Royal Navy.

Fair winds, following seas and a safe anchorage shippers.

http://www.westerngazette.co.uk/Obit...#ixzz3sxtZL15L