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| 1 Apr 2019 | |
| Deaths & Obituaries |
| CANN, Christopher Richard Died on 9 February 2018, aged 82. His friend, Julian M. Gander (FH 48-51) writes: We met 70 years ago in the ‘facts’ class of Slimy Somerville at Tonbridge School. Chris was in Judde House with superior catering, and I was in Ferox Hall. Our lives were separate but for Slimy’s class. Just a word of explanation – ‘facts’ involved desperately searching daily papers for items (usually 3). In my case, those papers lurked at the end of a dingy passage at Ferox: so armed with ‘info’ such as ‘the communists have just crossed the Yalu river’, we assembled and swapped notes under the baleful eye of Slimy. The next time we met was on Sports Day when I rashly entered for the 440 yards. Chris thundered past me going great guns – running was his thing; of course. We met in the holidays; I lived at 11 Beverley Close Barnes, he at 38 Hertford Avenue, East Sheen. Chris was much brainier than I was, and when I left Tonbridge to learn my uncle’s business, he stayed on and eventually left to be articled to his father’s chartered accountancy business. Our paths crossed again when he eventually did his national service and was assigned to a post in St Mary Cray near where we lived in Chislehurst. We golfed together and I recall that Chris was ten times better at in than I was, but he was tolerant of my incompetence. He also played at Richmond Park where once we gave up our game to search for golf balls and found 7! We subsequently abandoned golf altogether when we both joined Roehampton Club and played tennis and squash, eventually becoming honorary members after 50 years. Chris loved his garden and was a life long RHS member. Now and again we visited the wetlands in Barnes and I was his guest. I persuaded him on our last visit to watch the Asian otters being fed! He was a lifelong friend and also godfather to my son, Simon. I will miss him greatly. I would like to say this prayer for Christopher; the traditional version of the Lord’s Prayer: Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done; on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory for ever. Amen. (JH 49-54) |
