Colin Ledsome obituary

Colin Ledsome moved from industry into education, improving the design content of engineering qualifications Photograph: Friend

My friend and colleague Colin Ledsome, who has died aged 79, was an engineering designer, an educationist and a sharer of knowledge.

Born in Birkenhead, Colin went to Wirral grammar school and studied civil engineering at the University of Liverpool where, in 1964, he designed and helped build the stage for the newly conceived Everyman Theatre.