{"id":2,"date":"2018-06-29T22:47:59","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T22:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brianblakeway.co.uk\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2020-11-17T12:58:24","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T12:58:24","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brianblakeway.co.uk\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brian Blakeway (1920-2014) in his own words:<\/p>\n

‘Ex Regular Soldier, Royal Engineers; trained in survey, parachuting, diving etc; served in many countries, including the war in Burma, the termination of our mandate in Palestine, and the formation of the separate States of India and Pakistan on partition.<\/p>\n

Military service followed by 16 years service with the Foreign Office.<\/p>\n

Throughout all service, sketched.<\/p>\n

On retirement 32 years ago, attended Southampton College of Art – Abstract, and Exeter College of Art – Graphics. Exhibited in the Mall Galleries, London; illustrated for the National Trust, and Devon County Council, including a book on Devon Buildings; commissioned to pain a number of Country Houses, with the last commission being the headquarters of the Devon Wildlife Trust, Cricklepit Mill on Exeter Quay as it might have appeared in 1880.’<\/p>\n

In the gallery below, ‘family photos’ were taken by various members of our family, other photos are by others unknown.<\/p>\n