Leigh Webb: Winchester food pioneer 1938- 2020 | Hampshire Chronicle
LEIGH Webb, who died on Christmas Eve, was born in Winchester on June 30 1938. His father Percy owned a butcher’s shop on Andover Road opposite Richardson’s the Chemist and Optician, the daughter Carol became Leigh’s wife. Both their families attended Nethercliffe Prep School. Leigh went on to boarding school in Truro, and was made deputy head boy. He also played rugby and tennis and swam for his school. At Bristol University Leigh studied chemical engineering and gained a second class honours degree and also a subsidiary degree in economics. The second year of his National Service ...