Thorpe, Raymond Banks

Born at Market Deeping; deaf at 2 1/2 from whooping cough. Privately tutored until age 11, then entered Spring Hill School at Northampton. In 1927, entered Derby Technical College, then in 1929 studied architecture in an architectural firm while also attending Reading University and then the Royal Institute of British Architects. Worked first as an architectural assistant and then as a full architect. Married in the 1940s to May Worsell (hard of hearing). 1950, became architect and surveyor for a footwear company and later did restoration work on historic homes for the Warwickshire County Council. Retired 1975, dying of prostate cancer.