I attended this very sad event yesterday, having just got off a ferry from Holland. I wanted to be there because he was the council officer who guided the "Save the Pavilion Group" to the place where we now are. In 2010 he helped us to ensure that our Feasibility Study was robust enough to persuade councillors that the plan was worth backing.
Without his pressure and influence over us, we would probably not have succeeded. He retired soon after we agreed the lease on the building in 2011.
Sadly he only had two years of retirement before he died of a heart attack; at 62 years old, really far too young.
The service was therefore a very sad occasion, with many of us still in shock that this could have happened so soon into his early retirement.
Gregor
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