Michael Randle writes: Albert Hunt was a conscientious objector to military service in the late 1940s, and a supporter of the cause of nuclear disarmament.
I first met him in late 1958 when the Direct Action Committee Against Nuclear War was running a campaign against the deployment of US Thor nuclear missiles at North Pickenham in Norfolk. He and his wife Dorothy, then living in the nearby town of Swaffham, were among those who provided invaluable local support for the work.
In 1968 he invited me to run a teaching project at Bradford College of Art and subsequently persuaded the principal to offer me a full-time post there. This was at a time when I was unable to find teaching work after serving a 12-month prison sentence for taking part in the occupation of the Greek embassy in London after the colonels’ coup of 1967. It was thanks to Albert that I and my family moved to Bradford and experienced and participated in the vibrant life of the college and the city at that period.
Brian Wood writes: In the early 1960s, when I was a rather hard-up young teacher with wife and baby to support, Albert Hunt was running adult education in Shropshire. By giving me evening institute work he helped my finances a great deal. He even ferried me out to a village hall once, when my unreliable transport broke down. I have never forgotten him saying “Let’s see the baby” shortly after my son was born. He was a very nice man.
