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We also welcome new volunteers to help on our team serving the drinks and
FUNERAL TRIBUTES helping at events. Also and very importantly to chat to the people who attend
the café’s.

Would you like to make a difference in your community? Then call the Team
which he was a member of for many years.
Leader Alison Bennett 01929 472023 for more details about how the Pop In Place
The sad onset of Mothers illness and subsequent death 14 changes people’s lives.
years ago brought about more change and another
chapter in his life. However, as in all things in his life, Father
soon adapted. He even learnt to cook! Louise always Pop In Place Food Crisis Support
reminds us that, no matter what we do, ‘Granddad Chips’ would always be The Pop In Place have a Food Crisis Project, if you are struggling and you need
the best chips. Having said that I am not sure he ever really came to master food please get in touch we have gained funding to provide crisis packs for
the intricacies of the microwave oven! people in the Parish in a difficult situation.
Of course no eulogy concerning father or ‘The Guvnor’ as he was known If you need this service please email in confidence popinplace@gmail.com and
within the family, would be complete without mention of his constant we will help. Thank you to Gareth Lynam who is running this project for us.
companions, his Bassets!
Her loved them all. From Plush the original hound, and who arrived at
Christmas in a crate of straw having been flown all the way from Guernsey to Pop In Place Work shop
arrive for Christmas, through to his beloved Victoria, who would patiently walk
with him as he made his daily trip to the shops or, as time progressed, the We are a small group meeting on Friday mornings and do some wood work,
surgery. making bird boxes, bug hotels and planters etc we also do a lot of talking and
drinking coffee. We have completed and refurbished the table tennis table and
Father loved his Bassets and they loved him. that is available for people to play a game.
We are aware that many people in the village knew of him simply as the If you are interested in coming along and doing any of the above or your own
‘Gentleman with the Basset Hound’. small project, call in and see us you will be very welcome.

This is, we feel, is a particular accurate description of father. Since his passing, Have you checked out our Pop In Place website popinplace.org
we have received many beautiful and thoughtful messages not only from
those within the village community, but also from those who have moved For More information call Alison Bennett 01929 472023
away, but wished to recognise the gentle and thoughtful nature of our father.
Many of these messages describe father as a true gentleman. As someone
who was ‘Old School’ always welcoming to new arrivals in the village and
who was always willing to go the extra mile to help anyone in need of
assistance. Father was indeed exactly that…a gentle man.
The last few years proved difficult for father. He found his increasing frailty and
subsequent lack of mobility to be particularly distressing. This especially to a
man who had been active for so many years. When you respond to advertisers, do please tell them you saw their
It is to be recognised that fathers increasingly difficult life, was helped advert in this magazine - it helps them monitor the effectiveness of
immeasurably by Tim’s constant presence and assistance, for which, I know all their advert and helps us generate more advertising revenue!!
of us in the family, are truly grateful.
The family would also like to recognise the fabulous kindness and care given to

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