Silent Key

This page records the passing of amateurs who were members
or friends of Telford and District Amateur Radio Society

G4LU             Stan Brown                        14th. May 2008
Stan G4LU, C.Eng., M.I.E.E. MBE died peacefully on Wed. 14 May 2008. Stan was a very active Radio Amateur, and although not a member of TDARS, he gave several excellent illustrated talks to the Society over the years, drawing on his vast professional experiences as a communications engineer. He was remarkably fit, and had many outside interests, including local politics. He was Mayor of Oswestry from May 1998-1999"

G8AYD         Roy Clarke                26/31th. December 2007
Roy was not a member of TDARS, but nonetheless was a good friend to the Society.In particular he supported the annual Telford Radio Rally through his RSGB connections. He was a RSGB Regional Manager for the Midlands for several years, and put himself forward to be on its Council Board as late as autumn 2007. Roy ran an excellent website that covered his joint interests of amateur radio and amateur astronomy.

G3VUV         Eric J. Smith,            12th. June 2007
Eric died aged 70 on June 12, 2007 at the Morris Care Centre in Wellington.Eric was a member of  TDARS for several years. He lived in Randlay, Telford, but moved to Wolverhampton. He enjoyed several winters by renting property in Spain to avoid our climate! He was a popular bloke, with a droll sense of humour. He mainly operated on HF, but hadn't been heard on the air in recent years.

G6CJW         Rob Linney               16th. January 2007
Rob died suddenly on Tuesday morning at 56. The Linney family were strong members of Salop ARS. Pop Linney was a past president and Robs elder brother Ken is active on various bands and modes. Rob was active on 4 m.

G8CKM         Peter Parker             3rd. October 2006
 Peter died suddenly on Tuesday at 69. He was a member of Salop ARS for many years. He was a skilled engineer and built or modified PMR radios for his use on Amateur Radio . He also had a keen Interest in  Photography.

G4AXZ.            John Allwood             2nd October 2006
John was a member of TDARS until his death at age 63. For many years he paid for Club Newsletters to be posted to all Members via his business, Madeley Dental Practice, of which he was a senior partner. He had not been active on the airwaves since the 1980s, but still pursued a wide range of hobbies, and was an extremely nice guy.

G8AEV          John Hartley              25th. October 2005
John Hartley, G8AEV, died peacefully' on Tuesday 25 Oct.He lived in Much Wenlock.He was very much a loner, but will probably be known to some of you as the fella who sold electronic components from the top storey of a shop in Bridgnorth for umpteen years. He always seemed to have Radio 3 as company. .He was the creator of the G8AEV 2 metre converter when that was a novel concept for VHF receiving (late 1960s ?).

G3MVK         Roy Davies RAFARS  18th. June  2005
Roy Davies G3MVK died suddenly and un-expectedly on Saturday 18th June at home, following  a relatively straightforward hip- replacement operation just a day or two earlier. This  came as a great shock to everyone who knew Roy. He was a thoughtful and kind gentleman,  and a first class operator on various amateur bands—notably being the usual M/C for  the Sunday evening Shropshire RAFARS net on 2 metres. Although Roy was not a member  of TDARS, he lived in Newport and
was an active in Shropshire RAYNET.

G3BOC         Harry Synge              Apr      2001
G3BOC Harry was a very amiable fellow, and very active in Amateur Radio, on most bands up to 1296MHz. His other hobby was flying his own private plane. A couple of times he flew up to a Scottish island to join up with a TDARS expedition, including a trip to Jura in 1990 when he slightly bent it whilst taking off. Happily, no one was hurt, but the Cessna had to be shipped home on the ferry and by road.

G3DMC         Tony Birkinshaw       Feb      2001
G3DMC Tony was a quiet, friendly man who operated on a number of amateur radio bands, nearly always using home constructed equipment. He joined the Society after retiring from COD Donnington. Tony was a meticulous maker of anything electrical or mechanical, with a fully equipped workshop in his converted garage in Trench. He often helped and advised TDARS members in their own projects.

                            M5AID (G1DMJ)   Denzil Jones                      Nov      2000

 G4 IUT        Gerry Craig
G4IUT Gerry lived with his wife and family in Tibberton. He was a very enthusiastic member of TDARS, coming out on numerous field days and outside trips. He was an excellent operator, in particular always willing to help younger members of the Society. His degenerative illness was sudden and painful, although he took and operated his radios in a Wellington Nursing home almost to the end of his life.

                            G6ZWP                Chris Williams
                            G1 JNZ                Eddie Lee

G3 IMP         Syd Poole                 Sep     1993
G3IMP Syd was licensed in the nineteen fifties, and joined TDARS in 1983. Such was his popularity and natural leadership that he soon became vice-chairman, and finally Chairman from 1985 to 1990. His infectious enthusiasm led to many others joining the hobby and the Society. He never rested on his laurels, and was one of the first local radio amateurs to connect his radio transceiver to a computer, and to transmit data around the world. Syd was a top class operator and used the hobby of amateur radio to extend a warm hand of friendship at home and abroad. He became County RAYNET Controller (Shropshire) for several years. He was also the RSGB Regional Liaison Officer, representing all of Shropshire and Staffordshire with the national Society for a number of years. At his funeral in October 1993, a tribute finished with these words: “To all who knew Syd through Amateur Radio, he was a friend, a companion, an expert in many specialist fields and a real gentleman who set the highest of standards.

                                           G3HTR                       Harold Bolton
                                           G4AGA                       Pat Carthey
                                            (SWL)                        Gilbert Corbett
                                           G2FSP                        Ben Forde
                                           G3WFX                      Alan Harper
                                           G8YDG                      George Harper
                                            (SWL)                         Jack Hassall
                                           G0SGY                       Dave Hawkins
                                           G8AX                         Tom Littlemore
                                           G4GIN                        Jack Manion
                                           G4AZV                        Richard Millington
                                           G8ARS                        John Oliver
                                           G3ENY                       Geoff Roberts
                                           G3LIT                         Keith Worrall
                                           G4PUL                        Bill Duddell