“It gives me enormous satisfaction to know that our bequest will be forever linked with the future of the school which meant so much to John and has come to mean such a great deal to me, too.”

Marian Creek

WIDOW OF JOHN CREEK, OLD BRADFORDIAN (1929)
DONOR

“John was a City Scholar who arrived at BGS in 1921 and progressed to Oxford, funded by further scholarships. He served in the British Army throughout WWII, before embarking on a successful global career in marketing and manufacturing. Throughout his life, his affection for his old school was constant.

The City Scholarship was the stepping stone to John’s time at BGS, and his subsequent career. On his death, inspired by the essential value of the funding he had received, I established our first bursary in his memory. It has been wonderful to learn how the pupils who benefitted have flourished – and to develop my own cherished connection with the School.

As John ‘bequeathed’ to me his admiration for his school, I am making a bequest to BGS in my will, as a way of recognising the School’s contribution to his life and to ensure that more pupils can reap the rewards of a BGS education.

It gives me enormous satisfaction to know that our bequest will be forever linked with the future of the school which meant so much to John and has come to mean such a great deal to me, too.”