Wally Brown,

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

DL was Principal of

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from its creation in 1992 until his retirement in 2008.Liverpool Ech
"Community leader steps down"
Retrieved 13 July 2011 Born in

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, Brown was previously Head of Community Education in

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, and an adult education manager in

Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...

. At the time of the

Toxteth riots The Toxteth riots of July 1981 were a civil disturbance in Toxteth, inner-city Liverpool, which arose in part from long-standing tensions between the local police and the black community. They followed the Brixton riot earlier that year and we ...

, in 1981, Brown was living locally, was Chair of the Community Relations Council, and acted as a mediator between the police and the local community. Brown was appointed

in 2001. In 2012, he was made a Freeman of the City of Liverpool for his services to education in the city and in 2014 he was made an Honorary Doctor of Education by

Edge Hill University Edge Hill University is a campus-based public university in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England. The university, which originally opened in 1885 as Edge Hill College, was the first non-denominational teacher training college for women in England, befo ...

. In 2015 he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of

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. In 2023 Brown published ''Wally Brown: A Life - Born and Raised in Liverpool 8,'' with a foreword by Professor Stephen Small (

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) with Writing on the Wall.

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