Philip K Swire retired in July 1977 after 34 years at the City of Oxford School and Oxford School.
He was educated at Glossop Grammar School and Wrexham county School before coming up to Jesus College to read Modern Languages.
For three years he was in Launceston, Cornwall before moving to Oxford in 1943.
It seems that Oxford suited him, for he seems not to have contemplated moving on again. He clearly enjoyed the bookshops and record shops in and around St George’s Street.
He encouraged many to develop an interest in opera, ballet, films and literature. Those who knew him well were assured of good conversation, wine and music.