Remembering Peter Pegrum

At Malvern Peter enjoyed the camaraderie and made many friends for life. He played the guitar in a skiffle band and with his bandmates recorded a single.

At an early age, Peter’s father taught him to build a crystal radio set which inspired Peter to build all sorts of constructions himself. After leaving school Peter worked as a model maker, turning his hand to almost anything. He joined the BBC and during his career there he became a department manager working on programmes such as ‘Match of the Day’, ‘The Good Life’, ‘Fawlty Towers’, ‘The Two Ronnies’ and ‘Dr Who’.

Whilst in a Tea Shop in Perth, Peter got chatting to Kate, who bred cats and they subsequently married, enjoying holidays all over the world. Despite not being able to prove he had Scottish ancestry, he loved wearing a kilt for special events and his love for Scotland never diminished.

Following retirement, he was able to devote more time to golf, becoming captain of his golf club in Ferndown, Dorset. He was also a keen gardener.

Peter died on 26th August, aged 83.