We have many happy memories of your father satring in the 1950’s
when we sharing Barming Place with you all for a few years. We remember
particularly his immense energy, when you would all arrive on Friday
evening from London and after seeing a patient in his caravan, he would
be hurrying downstairs to rotary-hoe in the walled garden, with obvious
pleasure. At that time too, it was through his support and his GP Seminars
that the idea of analytic training for me began, thus transforming our
lives and enabling me to work in a field that fascinated me.
In the 1970’s I was both privileged and delighted to work under
his aegis at the Tavistock. I recall his mercurial skill, and his generous
support and teaching and warm encouragement. He was always ready to
undertake challenges and new approaches. Working with him was challenging
– to keep up with him! – but always great fun, and he made
the department a very happy place for most of us. He will be warmly
remembered by many whom he supported in their trainings.
Through life, one encounters a handful of people whom one remembers
vividly for the part they played. Your father was certainly one of these.
It was a great privilege and gift to have known him.
Dicky Bird, Wigton, Cumbria