Alun, thanks for being my best friend for more than sixty years, for standing beside me as my Best Man in 1975, for all the many combative hours of tennis we played together in our youth, for our outings, jaunts, and expeditions (including the unforgettable 2 weeks at Bognor Butlins), for introducing me to the joys of Traffic, Dylan and Pete & Dud and for our more recent and all too infrequent cafe meetings to reminisce, talk politics, and put the world to rights. It’s such a great shame that after your diligent and selfless years of caring for your Mum you were not spared long enough to visit us in Swansea and see your beloved Gower one more time. Farewell and RIP my friend.
John Hawkins
08/07/2025
