I expect most of us will know or have had dealings with Bill Richardson
and EEC.
He has just died well into his 90s.
His funeral is at 15:15 on January 21st at Amersham crematorium. All
are welcome to come. Driving west out of Amersham on the A413 take the
A404 to High Wycombe (straight on at the roundabout where the A413 turns
right), and it is signposted very soon afterwards on the right.
He and Felix Fonteyn (brother of Dame Margot) were responsible for many
thousands of effectively new QLs, made from ex-Sinclair stock. He
negotiated a batch of new QL membranes from the original manufacturer,
and I split the cost with him. I think it was 5,000 in total. I also
did a lot of Z88 work for him. He would have been the first to admit he
was not too technical, but was a miracle worker in locating product and
getting people with the know-how to work for him.
I saw him many times in recent years. He was still active and walking
(very slowly) and with a stick, when he could be persuaded to carry one.
He was though quite frail. His mind was still OK, but again not high
speed!
I had a memorable trip to Southend with him, Vic Gerhardi (Z88 trader),
Vic's father and Denise, a friend of Vic. I was the only fully
physically-able person (maybe not even me (8-)# ), and we had a
hilarious time forming a very slow stick-laden convoy behind Bill into
and out of establishments. We squeezed into the smallest Rossi in
Southend with wheelchairs, sticks and all, and ate ice-creams messily.
No-one else could get in! The pier was closed as a barge had just
bashed into it. Sadly the next trip was to negotiate the pier with Bill.
Photos:
http://tfs.firshman.co.uk/temp/bill/
Tony
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