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I too remember Philip Marshall taking over from Mr Pickles. He certainly was a different personality but well liked by the lads. His Tarzan efforts went down well with us. Cheers.
As an organist myself I know that Philip Marshall was well regarded as an organist and composer , but I never knew he was at KBGS. I have found an obituary for him from the Guardian
I was in the school orchestra and Marshall was a breath of fresh air and quite innovative. For the school concert he composed a version of Old King cole and augmented the orchestra with extras including some boys who were scouts as drummers. It was a lot of fun.Paul Greenwood followed and he was excellent but in a different way.
I believe the railway engine mentioned would be Andrew K McCosh,named after a director of LNER.
I only ever encountered Paul Greenwood from 1953 onwards. Unless memory has completely gone. With hindsight. I should have pretended tone deafness allowing reading.