I can only say I am so saddened by the sad loss of Peter. I always felt Peter single handedly personified the NGF with his good humour and honest straight talking.
May his spirit live on in the good humour and sense of community that is the NGF.

Cheers
Kirky

I would like to remind members that Peter had an article entitled "I think I can, I know I can", in the NGS Journal. In it, he outlines the construction of his control panel.

He acknowledges the forum and Malc in the article.

The fact that it is in Issue 1/16, this year, makes his loss even more sudden.

I encourage all members who have that issue to have another read.

George

He eventually gave up on the control panel because his soldering wasn't very good due to a slight tremor. It might have been the start of his problem. I did offer to finish it for him, but he was determined that he wanted to do everything himself. DaveG and I did sort out a short on his layout and got trains running around, but when we went back to the layout a couple of weeks later, it was in bits as he wanted to add a turntable. I think that was the last time he went down to the shed as he started having giddy spells.

I have only just seen this thread, I met Peter once at TINGS, and enjoyed his posts. The NGF has lost one of its best, my condolences to his family.

Regards,

Alex

Sad to hear of Peters death. He was the sort of person everyone wants as a friend.

Really sorry to hear of Peter's passing. I have dealt with him on a couple of projects and admired his great humour and love of all things railway. A true gent.

I only knew Peter through this forum but he came across as a lovely guy, I thoroughly enjoyed his input and will miss it immensely.

RIP Peter

Mark

Very sad to read this news.

My deepest condolences to the family and friends of Peter. He always seemed to be very cheerful and was one of the most polite and friendly people I ever did meet.

I'm very saddened to read this. My heartfelt condolences to his family and friends.

So sad that Peter has passed away

As someone who has experienced cancer all I can say is he was so strong over the last months. We should all be thankful for our health and remember Peter for his great character and grace.

Condolences to all of Peter's family and friends

Just a note to tell all the posters on this thread that I have copied their comments and will give a hard copy to Peter's wife Susan when I see her tomorrow at the funeral. I am sure she will be delighted to read all the kind comments you have posted about Peter.

Thankyou Malc I'm sorry I won't be there to pay my respect to Peter but as I've said many times me and my car are not up to traveling far nowadays .
But please pass on my thoughts to Susan .
I will have a quiet moment down my shed in memory of him and pay my respect to him that way .
All trains will stop running for one minute .
Bob

Quote from: Malc on October 19, 2016, 06:04:00 PM
Just a note to tell all the posters on this thread that I have copied their comments and will give a hard copy to Peter's wife Susan when I see her tomorrow at the funeral. I am sure she will be delighted to read all the kind comments you have posted about Peter.

If it brings even the smallest comfort to her knowing how fondly Peter was thought of around here then that's good. Thanks for doing this Malc


Paul

I exhanged one or two PM's with Peter early on but didn't know him other than reading his posts.

Very sad news to hear his passing.  One of those things we heard about maybe happening but I was shocked to hear it actually happened so quickly.  My thoughts are with his family.  They should feel very proud -he came across as a very brave man to me.

Regards,

Rich

Just a quick note about yesterday. DaveG and I attended Peter's funeral and wake afterwards at the village hall. We were warmly greeted by Peter's family who were all grateful that we had been visiting Peter for so long. Apparently we cheered him up and he looked forward to our visits. It was a moving, non religious ceremony with readings by his family and friends. DaveG sent Susan "Crossing the bar" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson and she included it in the ceremony. It was read by one of the villagers. It has special significance as they lived on the Isle of Wight for many years. As we said at the time, he will be sadly missed.