Leslie McCombie obituary

My father, Leslie McCombie, who has died of Covid aged 94, was a graphic designer and early ecologist who campaigned for the Ecology party, a precursor for the Green party. Born in Honor Oak, south London, to Walter, a printer, and Kathleen (nee Middlebrook), Leslie spent the second world war in Orpington, Kent, and experienced first-hand the bombing, acting as a volunteer fire watcher. One of Leslie’s first drawings featured a neighbour’s bomb-damaged house. Continue reading...