Remembering Richard
Thank you to all the people have contributed to and visited Richard’s website. Never, in our wildest dreams, did we imagine the site could be so rich and joyous.
It has revealed unexpectedly the powerful impact Richard had on people’s lives and how a disparate group of people not known to one another can collectively make something so cohesive that captures the spirit and essence of Richard so beautifully. We set out to have a place where people unable to attend Richard’s funeral could have a presence at the rite of passage. It did this and it was clear that there was more to come and the pages filled out with diverse contributions to this point where we paused.
Richard would have been 68 on 25th December 2017. In the last year a commemorative bench has been commissioned and installed at Skinningrove - a project in itself that showed yet again the collective spirit of all the people who's lives were touched by Richard. You can read the full story on the new One Year On page we have added.
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While you are here, make sure you haven't missed:
* The tributes on the Services page?
* The audio in the Plays section?
* Zooming into the articles on the Contributions page?
* Richard’s final writing
* And the page on gardens?
* The audio in the Plays section?
* Zooming into the articles on the Contributions page?
* Richard’s final writing
* And the page on gardens?
We still don't expect massive further work on this site - but if you have something you would like please contact me and from time to time there will be additions.
Thank you for all of your continued kind wishes, love and support.
Do please contact me directly if you wish: doffpollard@gmail.com
Love to you all
Doff
Bonfire Builder
Richard spent over three decades building bonfire sculptures and then burning them down for the 5th of November. See some of the archive of images here.
Richard on the High Seas and at the Captain Cook Museum
Remembering Richard's times on The Endeavour
Richard Writings
A selection of Richard's writings.
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