John Palmer

John Palmer attended Retford Grammar School from 1951 to 1958, and has spent many, many years accumulating school photos and memories into the www.eyemead.com website which also includes many more hobby websites of his.

2015

Visitors to the EYEMEAD web site will notice that the updates to it seem to end around 2015. Upon enquiry, I discovered, through John's brother, that John was well, but that his computer had been struck by lightning, rendering it useless, and unable to maintain his websites.

2020

By 2020, John still lived in Somerset but had retired as a webmaster, and was no longer able to receive email on either of the email address lsited on EYEMEAD.

With John's blessing, kind co-operation of his brother Robert Palmer, and in order to retain and grow John's collection, we have reproduced as much of his material as possible, and given it a new home here. We hope you'll be inspired to add to it for generations below ours.

2024

Sadly, John subsequently died in 2024. His legacy the EYEMEAD website remains for the time being, supported by his daughter Sue. His material and memory will regardless be appreciatively continued here, and we hope added to by those who have come after him.