![]() I mentioned India previously, but it is worth more than a fleeting comment. What I find tragic is when people never achieve their dreams or, even worse, when they have no dreams at all.” I defy you all to hear Trevor saying these words when you read them. Each of these dreams she achieved in her short time in Ashwater. She wanted her own land, so that she could see her horses from her window she wanted a manége where she could school them and she wanted to have a harvest. In Trevor’s own words, (from his publication “Manchi Karpare – With the Good Shepherd in India”) “Many people saw Jennifer’s death as a great tragedy I saw it differently. Jennifer remained by his side until her death in 2003, shortly after moving to Ashwater. Trevor met his wife Jennifer at a church youth group and they married in 1964. His final published book was ‘Smugglers and Smuggling’ (published in 2014.) As a result of this, he appeared on the TV programme “Coastal Railways with Julie Walters” – a ‘screengrab’ of this is used on the front of this bulletin. ![]() He went on to write much more – both published professionally and locally, including ‘The History of the London Horse Cab’ (which was researched as part of his PhD), the history of both Ashwater and Tetcott churches and several locally-printed books reflecting on his and his family’s life, and his involvement and experiences in India. He used his education to lecture at Hatfield Polytechnic, he taught British and American History for a year at Mesa College, San Diego and also for the Open University upon his ‘retirement’. He was a very educated man, receiving a degree in Economics from Slough College of Further Education, received a postgraduate diploma in Education with the University of London and undertook an MPhil with the University of London, and later a PhD with the University of London. As I hear more about his life, “our Trevor” never ceases to amaze. ![]() But from listening to tributes, reading obituaries, sharing memories – it seems almost magical that we are all talking about the same one person.įrom reading his daughter Ashley’s contribution of Trevor’s obituary in The Guardian, I personally learned that he wrote a book entitled “An Economic and Social History of Britain 1760-1970” – I remember vast swathes of those books sitting on the side in my secondary school history classroom, and never realised that was “our Trevor”. Many of us will know and remember Trevor as a fantastic reader or minister, always engaging with an interesting tale to tell, or as a wonderful listener, always willing to lend an ear to anyone.
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