My father, Martyn Grubb, who has died aged 87, was one of England's first worker priests after the second world war although ordained, worker priests did not take a church position but worked in an industrial role. Martyn then made his mark as one of the first race relations officers in the UK, and later in life started an interfaith Quaker meeting in Southall, west London. He was an initiator in what were then minority concerns, with the power to inspire others.
Martyn was born in Little Stanmore, Middlesex, and brought up in Wirral. He led an isolated life as a child; his mother, Eileen, died when he was five and he lived with elderly grandparents. His father, Kenneth, explored and travelled through South America for missionary organisations, and was later knighted for his work.
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