Ted Baker (5 Oct 1927 - 11 Mar 2021)

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BDJ obituary written by Colin Storry

Edward (Ted) J Baker L.D.S. 1927-2021
Ted, who sadly passed away on 11 March 2021, was a very active member of the East Midlands Branch, acting as secretary in the 1970s and 1980s and President in 1987-8, a gentle man and delightful company.
Ted was born in London, to Edwin and Mabel Baker on the 5 October 1927. Edwin, a member of the Bomb Disposal Division, was killed defusing a bomb in Bootle in May 1941 and, broken hearted, Mabel died in 1942. Ted was left with nothing but had passed his 11 plus examinations and was evacuated twice, firstly to Norfolk and later to Leek, where he was taken in by Jim and Viv Brown. Called up for National Service in 1945 to the RAF he trained to become a navigator of Wellington Bombers but manged to crash and destroy a glider and also nearly shot the buttons off his instructor’s tunic with a sten gun.
The Browns always kindly welcomed Ted back to their home when on leave and after a visit to the dentist he suggested this as a career, to which they gave an enthusiastic response. He was accepted at Birmingham on the strength of his performance for the squadron rugby team, so he used to tell. He met Pam on the first day as they were viewing the dental school notice board and she decided immediately she would marry him and they married at St. Denys Church Evington where her father was a Sidesman. On qualification LDS (London) LDS (Birm) in 1954, he worked with his father in law Allan Clare Timson (known as the late Mr Timson for his timekeeping) for 4 years.
He attended one of the first courses on the ‘new’ air turbine that revolutionised dental treatment in the 1950s and then moved on to enter a partnership with Hogarth A Savage in London Road, Leicester. He continued the practice after Mr Savage retired in 1964 until retiring himself in July 1988. In 1987 he entered his second marriage to Brenda who sadly pre-deceased him. He played tennis well into his eighties and only gave up when a sore shoulder meant he could not reliably win. He took up golf instead, and only gave that up when he was the last man standing of his partners.
Ted leaves three sons by his first marriage; Alastair, John and Robert, nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Colin Storry BDS (Edin)