John and I met up at Poly in Birmingham many moons ago and
ended up sharing a room in a house in Rotton Park. We wrote articles and
campaigned for Third World First – the campaigning arm of Oxfam. We met up again for a brief spell with
Birmingham Probation Service – Anna, John and I were the “Three Musketeers” of Birmingham
Probation direct entrants.
John was a former Choral Scholar at Oxford, he also learned
to make and play guitars and dulcimers. Together with Sue they were part of a
thriving campus folk club.
They later moved to Market Drayton and became active members
of the local community – Sue a proficient artist and musician John with a
number of ventures and a driving force of the local choral society they were
surrounded by musician friends and family.
After the local Tai Chi teacher left John was asked to take
over the class and soon became a master of that art. Unfortunately whilst on a
recent trip to China, to take his training to the next level, he contracted pneumonia
and died.
It seems strange that the world is now without this multi
talented, sweet and endearing guy.
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