<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">It’s been very moving to read all these tributes to Geoff, both here and on facebook. <div class="">Although I worked in the department for 15 years, I had a brief 3 months in the old “Luvvy Pres” and so only knew Geoff in passing. I feel I missed out a lot! </div><div class="">It must be comforting to his close friends and family to know how much he was loved and respected.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Sending condolences</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bernadette</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 10 Aug 2020, at 12:10, Hannah Scott-Joynt via Pres <<a href="mailto:pres@tech-ops.co.uk" class="">pres@tech-ops.co.uk</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Very sad to hear of Geoff’s death. He was such a lovely Pres presence - reassuring, hugely professional and great fun to be around. Even all these years on, I can still conjure up his voice and his smile.<div class="">It sounds like, despite his health issues, he properly lived these last years... on his own, rather wonderful, terms and with a characteristic sense of enjoyment.<div class="">Remembering him with great fondness…and also, as Peter J has just commented, what really does feel like something of a golden age in Pres. Fortunate indeed…..</div><div class="">x</div></div><div class="">
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<div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 10 Aug 2020, at 12:05, peterjako via Pres <<a href="mailto:pres@tech-ops.co.uk" class="">pres@tech-ops.co.uk</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div dir="auto" class="">A thought has crossed my mind - which is a rare occurrence I know! Geoffs passing underlines what a very happy family we were in Pres. The 80s and 90s were a golden age no doubt, a never will be repeated. We were all so fortunate to have been part of it. Peter J.<br class=""><br class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On 10 Aug 2020, at 11:50, Sally Lawrence via Pres <<a href="mailto:pres@tech-ops.co.uk" class="">pres@tech-ops.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Hi Warwick, </div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">Thank you for sharing this very sad news. </div><div dir="ltr" class="">Geoff had a good sense of humour and was always great to work with, whatever shift you were on with him he was always fun.<br class="">Condolences and best wishes to Sue at this very sad time.</div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">Sally </div><br class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Sent from Sally Lawrence </div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On 7 Aug 2020, at 09:40, Warwick Cross via Pres <<a href="mailto:pres@tech-ops.co.uk" class="">pres@tech-ops.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">
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<!-- Converted from text/rtf format --><p dir="LTR" class=""><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""><font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print" class="">Good mo</font></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""><font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print" class="">rning all.</font></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span></p><p dir="LTR" class=""><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""><font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print" class="">I write bearing sad news.</font></span></p><p dir="LTR" class=""><span lang="en-gb" class=""><font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print" class="">Sue Howard (neé Bird) has been</font></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""> <font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print" class="">in</font></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""><font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print" class=""> touch to let us know that Geof</font></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""><font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print" class="">f Howard passed away</font></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""> <font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print" class="">yesterday morning at 11.30 am (Sydney time). Geoff had been on a complicated medical journey over the past</font></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""><font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print" class=""> few years and died</font></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""> <font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print" class="">in his</font></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""> <font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print" class="">relatively</font></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""><font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print" class=""> new home at the Belrose Country Club</font></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""> <font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print" class="">from a stroke whilst waiting for a taxi to take him to dialysis.</font></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""><font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print" class=""> No</font></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""> <font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print" class="">funeral</font></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""><font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print" class=""> date has yet been set.</font></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span></p><p dir="LTR" class=""><span lang="en-gb" class=""><font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print" class="">We have lost</font></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""> <font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print" class="">a good friend and</font></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""> <font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print" class="">one of the best voices to ever grace BBC output. A</font></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""><font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print" class=""> true loss.</font></span></p><p dir="LTR" class=""><span lang="en-gb" class=""><font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print" class="">Sue is a member of this email group.</font></span></p><p dir="LTR" class=""><span lang="en-gb" class=""><font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print" class="">I hope and trust you are all keeping safe and well.</font></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""><font color="#632423" size="2" face="Segoe Print" class=""></font></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""> </span></p><p dir="LTR" class=""><span lang="en-gb" class=""><b class=""></b></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""><b class=""></b></span><b class=""><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span></b><b class=""><span lang="en-gb" class=""><font color="#008080" size="4" face="Monotype Corsiva" class="">Warwick</font></span></b><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><span lang="en-gb" class=""><font face="Calibri" class=""> </font></span></p><div class=""><span lang="en-gb" class=""></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>
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