Dave Shakespeare (Tetley Mills) RIP

[Bigric]

Can't believe it - just opened up my October issue of BRM & there on the back page is an obituary to Dave Shakespeare , creator of the legendary OO layout Tetley Mills . Apparently he  died recently after an 18 month battle with cancer . Tetley Mills had been featured in the mags a few times over the last few years & Dave was building a new version of the layout in a new house he was building . It was an iconic & definitive recreation of railways running through the industrial northern landscape - just as impressive a statement in its way as Dewsbury Midland , but created by one guy in his house rather than by a team of people for the exhibition circuit . It was clear for all to see that he was a master of the art of railway modelling , especially in the recreation of those grimy northern buildings which were so prevalent in the Sixties . What a great loss . Ric

[tutenkhamunsleeping]

Great shame 

I vividly remember the first issue of Model Rail with that layout featured prominently.  RIP Dave.

[trkilliman]

How very sad. I always enjoyed magazine articles on Tetley Mills and Dave's straightforward approach/words to modelling. He captured the grimy atmosphere so very very well. R.I.P.

[Parky]

Can't believe it, was reading some old posts how he had done all sorts of major building work and was starting to get his latest layout under way

[jonclox]

For those that don't know his work.

Unmissable OO gauge layout - Tetley's Mills - British Railway Modelling (January 2011)

[Bigric]

Thanks for putting that on , not seen it before , excellent . Owning up time.....I always had it fixed in my mind (for years) that it was called TETLEY Mills , now I find out the layout was/is called TETLEY'S Mills ! What a muppet !!! I've even got 3 mag articles on the layout in a box file with a folded A3 sheet of paper to keep them together , with 'Tetley Mills' written on the front . No hope at all ! (yet another senior moment) . Ric