Jomnac:
That's very sad news. And in a bizarre co-incidence, I've just bought
the latest edition of Triumph World where it says that the editor was
planning to re-instate Robin Penrice's column.
Mark
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From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of John Macartney
Sent: July 2, 2007 4:12 PM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net; 6-Pack
Subject: [6pack] Robin Penrice - formerly of TRIUMPH WORLD
Listers who have regularly or periodically taken TRIUMPH WORLD magazine,
will probably remember a regular column by Robin Penrice entitled
'Memories
of Coventry.'
I've known Robin since he and I were four and three years old
respectively.
We grew up together, we worked together at Standard-Triumph - and we
wrote
stories about the company together. Latterly, Robin and I crossed swords
on
more than one occasion about his material appearing in TW where he had
infringed my copyright - but Robin remained unrepentant to the last.
Less than one month ago, Robin was diagnosed with cancer. Unbeknown to
him,
the disease had totally enveloped him and his doctor told him he had a
very
short time to live. This sadly proved to be the case. He was admitted to
a
local hospice near his home in the Border Country between England and
Wales
at which location he died last week. His funeral is this coming Friday
and I
know many former Standard-Triumph people will be attending. I'll
certainly
be there myself.
Robin was always a somewhat larger than life character and perhaps his
role
in Public Relations at ST and later BL, could not have better suited
anyone.
He always had a convincing 'spiel', he worked (fairly) hard and played
VERY
hard. Robin was never far from an open bottle or beer keg, smoked like a
chimney and had a laugh that was unforgetable.
Although we had little to do with one another in recent times, I shall
miss
him. His sudden death serves to remind me that many of my own
contemporaries
(from those not-so-distant days at Standard-Triumph) are by no means
immortal.
Jonmac
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