Category: Other Stories
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John Cook 1952 -2023
My close friend and former colleague at the Caldecott Community has died. He was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease early last year. He was advised immediately that there was no cure. He spent the remainder of his life preparing for death and receiving love and attention from all those who knew him, his daughters and…
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How it all began
I blame it on my maternal grandmother, Grace Wilcox. In 1958 my father, Bill Carver, decided that he wanted to be a publican. I was ten years old and living with the best part of my entire family of six siblings and my parents, in Redhill, Surrey. Bill Carver was a very successful turf accountant,…