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Alan Walbridge came to Northern Ireland in 1965 and spent five years in a student apprenticeship in industry. After a short time working in Short Brothers he moved into education and lectured in Mathematics at Queen’s University Belfast before becoming a lecturer in Electrical Engineering in the University of Ulster. He worked as an Associate Lecturer with The Open University from 1971 to 2002. Between 1976 and 1996 he tutored Technology courses in the Compounds and H Blocks of the Maze and Long Kesh Prison and also in Maghaberry and Magilligan Prisons.
Alan Walbridge came to Northern Ireland in 1965 and spent five years in a student apprenticeship in industry. After a short time working in Short Brothers he moved into education and lectured in Mathematics at Queen’s University Belfast before becoming a lecturer in Electrical Engineering in the University of Ulster. He worked as an Associate Lecturer with The Open University from 1971 to 2002. Between 1976 and 1996 he tutored Technology courses in the Compounds and H Blocks of the Maze and Long Kesh Prison and also in Maghaberry and Magilligan Prisons.
| Gender: | Male |
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| Project person ID: | 049_T |
| Interviewee role: | OU staff |
| Interviewee role: | Tutored in prison, 1976 -1996 |
| Location of work/teaching: | Compounds The Maze and Long Kesh; H Blocks The Maze and Long Kesh; Maghaberry Prison County Antrim; Magilligan Prison Limavady |
