GRAMMAR School past pupils of all ages will be entertained by former Ambassador David Wyatt CBE, at next month's Old Leighians' Association annual dinner.

Leigh-born Mr Wyatt, an LGS boy in the early 1940s, entered the Diplomatic Service in 1949.

He retired in 1985 after a distinguished career during which he became Ambassador in the UK Mission to the United Nations. From 1985-92 he was a director of the International Red Cross and since 1992 has been an advisor on international relations with the British Red Cross.

Now living in London, Mr Wyatt has two sons and a daughter. His first wife died in 1978 and he remarried in 1990.

This year's dinner is on Friday, March 19 (7pm for 7.30pm) at Leigh Liberal Club.

Event secretary Geoff Bent tells us this year's gathering will include Arthur Smith, who left the school in 1927, and representatives from later decades up to the 70s. Leigh Grammar School closed in 1976.

Tickets are available from Tony Bent, 6B Crawley Avenue, Culcheth, WA3 4DF (tel. 01925 766758).

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